428 



INDEX. 



DIB 



discoveries, 339 ; his first Baker- 

 ian lecture, 340 ; secretary of the 

 Royal Society, 341 ; his account 

 of Coleridge's lectures, 342 ; his 

 laboratory notes of the decom- 

 position of the alkalies, 343, 

 344, 345, 346 ; his first sketch 

 of the Bakerian lecture on the 

 New Metals, 347, 348, 349 ; his 

 illness, 350 ; Mr. Dibden's ac- 

 count of his discoveries, 351, 

 352 ; his lectures after his ill- 

 ness, 354 ; his work, 355 ; his 

 new electric battery, 356 ; tries 

 to decompose nitrogen, 358; 

 his picture of the laboratory, 

 360 ; his work on Chlorine, 

 363, 364 ; his lectures at Dub- 

 lin, 366; his marriage, 367, 

 368, 369, 381; his last lectures 

 at the Royal Institution, 370 ; 

 on Radiant Matter, 371; on 

 Chlorine, 374 ; on Simple In- 

 flammable Bodies, 376 ; on the 

 Metals, 378 ; his ' Elements of 

 Chemical Philosophy,' 381 ; re- 

 viewed by Dr. Youug, 382, 384, 

 386 ; his agricultural lectures, 

 387 ; his work on Fluorine, 

 388 ; elected honorary professor, 

 389 ; his researches on flame, 

 390 ; President of Royal So- 

 ciety, '390 ; on the protection of 

 ships, 391 ; his first attack of 

 paralysis, 391 ; resignation of 

 the presidentship, 393 ; his last 

 paper on the Torpedo, 396 ; his 

 last illness, 398 ; his death, 400 ; 

 his picture by his friend Mr. 

 Poole, 401, 403 



Dibden,Mr., 213, 273, 283, 351/352 

 Dragoons, King's American, regi- 

 ment, 16, 25, 26, 407 



ELECTOR OF BAVARIA, Theodore, 28, 

 29, 40, 41, 59, 60, 62 ; Maxi- 

 milian, 72, 77, 82, 97 



Essays, Count Rumford's, 43, 49, 76 



FARADAY, Michael, 307, 308, 310, 

 311, 389, 391 



INS 



Fluoric principle, Davy on, 307, 

 308 



GAGE, Governor, 6, 11 

 Garden, English, at Munich, 37 

 Garnett, Dr., 141, 148, 157 ; his 



life, 163 et seq. 

 Germain, Lord George, 12, 17, 18; 



introduces Thompson to Sir. H. 



Clinton, 19 ; praises Thompson 



to General Leslie, 21 

 Gibbon, his account of Rumford, 



27 

 Gilray, caricature of Rumford and 



Royal Institution, 78 

 Guizot, M., his eloge on Madame 



de Rumford, 101 



HARRIS, Mr., first librarian, 213 

 Hatchett, Mr., 154, 159, 204, 213 

 Heat, on the source of, 49 ; mo- 

 tion, 51 

 Hippesley, Sir John, 146, 148, 



152, 156, 180 

 Howe, General, 10, 11, 13 

 Huntingdon, barracks at Long 

 Island, 25 



INDUSTRY, House of, at Munich, 33 

 Institution, London, the, 274, 275 

 Institution, Royal, the, germ of, 

 44 ; Proposals, 68 ; caricature 

 of, 78; foundation, 114 ; objects, 

 121 ; funds, 125; privileges of 

 proprietors, 126 ; subscribers, 

 128 ; government, 129 ; ma- 

 nagers, 130, visitors, 132 ; first 

 meeting of proprietors, 134 ; 

 first meeting of managers, 136 ; 

 charter, 138 ; new prospectus, 

 147; new theatre, 148; ab- 

 stract of the accounts, 180 ; re- 

 port of, in 1801, 181 ; Davy 

 appointed assistant lecturer at, 

 181; lecturer, 186; Young ap- 

 pointed Professor of Natural 

 Philosophy at, 188 ; report on 

 iu 1802, 195 ; Rumford's last 

 report on, 197; committee on 

 the state of, 201 ; the first re- 



