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INDEX 



Copley, Sir Joseph, benefaction by, 197. 



Copley Medallists, list of, 210. 



Council of the Royal Society, 15, 120, 135, 

 150, 161, 170. 



Cow Icy, Abraham, one of the first list of 

 adherents of the Royal Society, 8, 20 ; 

 his scheme for a college to advance 

 experimental philosophy, 8; his lauda- 

 tory Ode on the Royal Society, 41. 



Crane Court, Royal Society's house in, :2i) 

 (Plate IX). 



Croone, William, 21 ; benefaction by his 

 widow, 195. 



Croonian Lecture Fund, 176 ; list of 

 lecturers and subjects, 217. 



Curators of Experiments at the Royal 

 Society, 31 ; Statutes relating to, 125, 

 163. 



Cutler, Sir John, benefaction by, 194. 



Daniels, Major, benefaction from, 199. 

 Darwin Memorial Fund, 177 ; Medallists, 



215. 

 Davy, Sir Humphry, benefactor of Royal 



Society, 196 ; President, 203 ; Secretary, 



208. 



Davy Medal Fund, 177 ; Medallists, 215. 

 Degree of the Earth, Charles II requests the 



Society to measure, 32, 33. 

 Denham, John (the poet), 20. 

 Derby, Earl of, bequest from, 197. 

 Digby, Kenelme, 15, 34. 

 Dirks, Henry, benefaction by, 196. 

 Donation Fund, 177. 

 Dryden, John (the poet), an original Fellow 



of the Royal Society, 20 ; his verses on 



Bacon and his successors, 41. 

 Dulwich College and the Royal Society, 308. 



Earle, W. B., bequest by, 195. 



Edward VII, continues the grant of the 



Royal Medals, 194. 

 Ejection of Fellows, Statutes regarding, 129, 



134, 149. 

 Election, earliest mode of election at the 



Royal Society, 11 ; Statutes concerning, 



120, 131, 145, 159, 164, 170. 

 Ellis, Sydney, bequest from, 197. 

 Ent, George, 4. 



Eton College and the Royal Society, 308. 

 Evelyn, John, 3, H ; his scheme for the 



endowment of research, 9 ; one of the 



first Council, 19 ; cited, 13, 23, 27, 28, 30, 



38, 43 ; remained in London during the 



Plague, 26. 

 Experimental Philosophy, rise of, 1, 4, 7, 9, 



10. 

 Experiments, as part of the early work of 



the Royal Society, 31, 32, 119, 163. 



Faujas de Saint Fond, visit of, to Royal 



Society, 45. 

 Fee Reduction Fund, 178. 



Fellow, use of the word to indicate a member 

 of a scientific body, 2. 



Fellows, alphabetical list of, 432 ; chrono- 

 logical list of, 309. 



Finance Committee, 270. 



Folkes, Martin. 24 ; benefaction by, 195 ; 

 President, 202. 



Foreign members of the Royal Society, 104, 

 169, 171. 



Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, 

 Statute concerning, 153, 169 ; list of 

 Foreign Secretaries, 208. 



Funds or Trusts of the Royal Society, 1 74. 



Gassiot Committee, 270, 302. 



Gassiot Trust, 179, 188 ; benefaction by 

 J. P. Gassiot, 196. 



Geikie, Sir Archibald, President, 206 ; Secre- 

 tary, 208 ; Foreign Secretary, 209. 



George III, benefaction of, to Royal Society, 

 193. 



George IV, founder of the Royal Medals, 193. 



George V, continues the grant of the Royal 

 Medals, 194. 



George, Prince of Denmark (consort of 

 Queen Anne), signs the Charter-book, 22. 



Gilbert, Davies, benefaction by, 195 ; 

 President, 203 ; Treasurer, 206. 



Gilbert's work on Magnetism, 1 note. 



Glassworkers' Cataract Committee, 271. 



Glisson, Francis, 4, 19. 



Goddard, Jonathan, 4, 5, 19, 30. 



Gore Fund, 180 ; bequest from Dr. George 

 Gore, 198. 



Government grant for Scientific Investiga- 

 tions, 280. 



Graunt, John, 21. 



Greenwich Observatory, erection of, by 

 Charles II, 34 ; early connexion of, with 

 Royal Society, 34, 35 ; Board of Visitors 

 of, 35 ; Warrant for Constitution of, 298. 



Gresham College, 3 note, 5, 7, 12 ; account 

 of rooms occupied by Royal Society at, 6, 

 2H, 28 (Plates I and II). 



Gresham, Sir Thomas, 7 note. 



Grew, Nehemiah, 31, 38, 41, 207. 



Guillemand, J., benefaction by, 196. 



Gunning Fund, 180 ; benefaction by 

 R. H. Gunning, 197. 



Haak, Theodore, 4. 



Halifax, Earl of, President, 201 ; benefac- 

 tion by, 1 95. 



Halley, Edmund, 32, 41 ; Secretary, 207. 



Hamilton, Sir David, benefaction of, 195. 



Handley Fund, 180 ; bequest by Edwin H. 

 Handley, Ifffi. 



Harrow School and the Royal Society, 308. 



Hickman, S., bequest by, 195. 



Hill, Abraham, 21, 206. 



Hooke, Robert, 3, 19, 31, 44, 207. 



Hooker, Sir Joseph D., President, 204. 



Hoskins, Sir John, President, 201, 207. 



