LIST OF PLATES 



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I. Old Gresham College, reduced from an engraving (1739) in Ward's 

 * Lives of the Professors of Gresham College \ 1740. 



To face page 6 



II. The Green Court, Gresham College, between the North and South 

 Galleries or Piazzas. From an engraving of a portrait of 

 Nehemiah Grew, Sec. R. S., published in 1800. 



To face page 12 



III. King Charles II, from a portrait painted in the school of Lely, 

 in the possession of the Royal Society . To face page 16 



IV. The Mace, presented by King Charles II . . To face page 24 



V. The Honourable Robert Boyle, from a painting by F. Kerseboom, in 

 the rooms of the Royal Society . . . To face page 40 



VI. Sir Christopher Wren, from a painting attributed to Michael Wright, 

 in the possession of the Royal Society . To face page 48 



VII. John Evelyn, from a portrait painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller, in 

 the possession of the Royal Society . . To face page 64 



VIII. Sir Isaac Newton, from a portrait by J. Van der Banck, in the 

 possession of the Royal Society . . . To face page 80 



IX. The House of the Royal Society from 1710 to 1780 in Crane Court, 

 Fleet Street. From an engraving in Smith's * Historical and 

 Literary Curiosities '. London, 1845 . To face page 96 



X. Sir Hans Sloane, from a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, in the 

 possession of the Royal Society . . . To face page 112 



XI. Benjamin Franklin, from a portrait by Joseph Wright, in the 

 rooms of the Royal Society . . . To face page 144 



XII. Thomas Young, from a portrait painted by H. P. Briggs after 

 Sir T. Lawrence, in the possession of the Royal Society. 



To face page 176 



