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Science in Early England. By Charles L. Barnes, M. A., 

 F.C.S. 



(Received October 15th, 1895.) 



Under the ample shelter afforded by the words Literary 

 and Philosophical, I feel that a paper on the progress of 

 Science in England from the 7th to the 13th century 

 inclusive may find admittance, though that which is new, 

 and not that which is old, is more usually welcomed within 

 these walls. 



The authorities from whom my remarks have been 

 gathered are, in the main, as follows: — 



I. "Popular Treatises on Science written during the 

 Middle Ages in Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Saxon, and English," 

 edited by Thomas Wright, and published for the Historical 

 Society of Science, 1841. This Society,, whose existence 

 seems to hayve been forgotten, had for President the Duke 

 of Sussex, and for Vice-Presidents the Earl of Munster, 

 Lord Holland, the Bishop of Durham, and three others, 

 while several distinguished names appear on the Council, 

 viz., Augustus de Morgan, J. O. Halliwell, Sir Francis 

 Palgrave, the Rev. Robert Willis, Professor of Natural 

 Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge, Thomas Wright, 

 and several more. Another of its publications, also issued 

 in 1841, has the following title: "A Collection of Letters 

 illustrative of the Progress of Science in England from the 

 Reign of Elizabeth to that of Charles II.," and is edited by 

 Halliwell, afterwards better known as Halliwell Phillips. 

 A further list of books in contemplation is given in each of 



