XI 
The late President of the Royal Society, Davies Gilbert, 
Esq. requested the assistance of his Grace the Archbishop 
of Canterbury and of the Bishop of London, in determining 
upon the best mode of carrying into effect the intentions of 
the Testator. Acting with their advice, and with the con- 
currence of a nobleman immediately connected with the 
deceased, Mr. Davies Gilbert appointed the following eight 
gentlemen to write separate Treatises on the different 
branches of the subject as here stated : 
THE REV. THOMAS CHALMERS, D.D. 
PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. 
ON THE POWER, WISDOM, AND GOODNESS OF GOD 
AS MANIFESTED IN THE ADAPTATION 
OF EXTERNAL NATURE TO THE MORAL AND 
INTELLECTUAL CONSTITUTION OF MAN. 
JOHN KIDD, M.D. F.R. S. 
REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. 
ON THE ADAPTATION OF EXTERNAL NATURE TO THE 
PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN. 
THE REV. WILLIAM WHEWELL, M.A. F. R.S. 
FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 
ASTRONOMY AND GENERAL PHYSICS CONSIDERED WITH 
REFERENCE TO NATURAL THEOLOGY. 
SIR CHARLES BELL, K. G.H. E.R. S. L. & E. 
THE HAND : ITS MECHANISM AND VITAL ENDOWMENTS 
AS EVINCING DESIGN. 
PETER MARK ROGET, M.D. 
FELLOW OF AND SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 
ON ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. 
