xii List of Portraits 



TO FACE PAGE 



7 NEVIL MASKELYNE, D.D., F.R.S. (1758), Astronomer 



Royal (1765-1811). From an anonymous Plate to the 



European Magazine, 1804, [pp. 77, 96] - 64 



8 The Honourable HENRY CAVENDISH, F.R.S. (1760). 



Engraving by C. Rosenberg of a drawing by W. Alex- 

 ander in the Print-Room, British Museum [pp. 71, 233] 72 



9 CHARLES MARIE DE LA CONDAMINE, F.R.S. (1748). From 



a French engraving of a drawing by Cochin [p. 83] 80 



10 CLAUDE ADRIAN HELVETIUS, M.D., F.R.S. (1755) ; author 



of the treatise De I'Esprit. Lithograph by Delpech, 



after Mauris [p. 88] 88 



11 FRANCIS MASERES (aetat. 83), F.R.S. (1771). Engraving 



by P. Audinet of a drawing by C. Hayter [p. 112] 96 



12 Captain JAMES COOK, Circumnavigator, F.R.S. (1776). 



Engraving by E. Scriven, after N. Dance [p. 113] - 104 



13 ALEXANDER AUBERT, F.R.S. (1772). Engraving by 



J. Chapman, from a painting by S. Drummond [p. 116] 112 



14 Sir JOHN PRINGLE, Bart., M.D., F.R.S. (1745 ; Pres. 



1772-78) . Engraving by W. H. Mote, after the painting 

 by Sir Joshua Reynolds jn the rooms of the Royal 

 Society [pp. 42, 114] - - 120 



15 Sir CHARLES BLAGDEN, M.D., F.R.S. (1772 ; Sec. 1784). 



Etching by Mrs. Dawson Turner, after the painting 



by T. Phillips [p. 148] - - 128 



16 Right Hon. Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Bart., G.C.B., F.R.S. 



(1730 ; Pres. 1778-1820) ; seated in the Presidential 

 Chair of the Royal Society. Engraving after the 

 painting by T. Phillips [pp. 108, 144, 236] - 144 



17 Professor JOHN PLAYFAIR, F.R.S. (1807). Engraving by 



R. Cooper, after the painting by Sir Henry Raeburn - 152 



