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brother as one who had contributed to the advancement 

 of national industry. At a later time Joseph-Michel Mont- 

 golfier was appointed administrator of the Arts et Metiers. 

 He received a place in the Institute of France and took 

 a large share in the establishment of the Societe d'Encourage- 

 ment pour I'lndustrie Nationale (1802). He was the author 

 of several ingenious mechanical inventions. He died in 

 1810. 



In October and November of this year a certain " Pro- 

 fessor Dr. Camper " and his son dined several times with 

 the Club. It may be inferred that this was the eminent 

 Dutch physician and anatomist who had made himself an 

 European reputation. He was born in 1722. Two years 

 after he took the degree of Doctor of Medicine he travelled 

 in France, England and Switzerland, visiting everywhere 

 the scientific institutions and the art collections, making 

 acquaintance with the most eminent men, and contending 

 in disputation for the prizes proposed by foreign Academies. 

 He occupied successively chairs in medical subjects at 

 different seats of learning in Holland, and found further 

 scope for his energies by becoming a Deputy in the Assembly 

 of the States of the Province of Friesland, and a member 

 of the State Council of the United Provinces. Notwith- 

 standing these multifarious demands on his thought and 

 time he continued his studies and was able to produce 

 masterly contributions to philosophy, art, and various 

 branches of medicine, above all to anatomy. The course 

 of political events in his native country in 1786 is said to 

 have greatly affected him. He died of pleurisy in 1789. 



There do not seem to have been many English visitors 

 of special note this year. They included Major-General 

 Rainsforth, F.R.S., who after an active career in the army 

 had gone into Parliament ; George, Earl of Morton, F.R.S., 

 invited several times by Sir Joseph Banks, was the 

 grandson of the Earl who had been so staunch a supporter 

 of the Club in its earlier days ; Matthew Boulton and James 

 Watt, the two partners in the famous Birmingham firm, 

 who came on the invitation of the President ; Lord 



