LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



On the Cover . . THE ARMS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. (See p. 8.) 



[From the Reverse of the Copley Medal.] 



Frontispiece . . From an Engraving by Hollar, which forms the 

 Frontispiece to the large-paper edition of Spratt's 

 History of the Royal Society published in 1667. 

 The design, furnished by Evelyn, contains two 

 principal figures ; the first President of the 

 Society, Lord Brouncker, is on one side of the 

 bust of the Royal Founder, and on the other 

 is Francis Bacon, with the title of Artium 

 Instaurator. 



On the Title-page 



A Medallion of Roger Bacon (1214-1294). Copy 

 of an engraving on copper, made under the super- 

 intendence of Charles Babbage directly from the 

 medal itself, by an improved form of machine 

 invented by Mr. John Bate. The Medal forms 

 one of a series of eminent men struck at the 

 Royal Mint of Munich. 



PLATES 

 PLATE I. OLD GRESHAM COLLEGE 



Facing page 

 2 



II. MEETING-ROOM OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN BUR- 

 LINGTON HOUSE (since 1873) 



[Over the President's chair hangs the Portrait of 

 Sir Isaac Newton by Vanderbank.] 



