Produced by Chris Curnow, Alan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) MEMOIRS OF THE DISTINGUISHED MEN OF SCIENCE OF GREAT BRITAIN LIVING IN THE YEARS 1807-8. AND APPENDIX. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT HUNT, F.R.S., &c. COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM WALKER, JUNIOR. Second Edition. "The evil, that men do, lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones." SHAKSPEARE. LONDON: E. & F. N. SPON, 16, BUCKLERSBURY. 1864. LONDON: W. DAVY AND SON, PRINTERS, GILBERT STREET, OXFORD STREET, W. CONTENTS. PAGE ALLEN, WILLIAM 1 BAILY, FRANCIS 2 BANKS, SIR JOSEPH 4 BENTHAM, BRIGADIER-GENERAL SIR SAMUEL 7 BOULTON, MATTHEW 13 BRAMAH, JOSEPH 15 BROWN, ROBERT 18 BRUNEL, SIR MARK ISAMBARD 21 CARTWRIGHT, REV. DR. EDMUND 24 CAVENDISH, HON. HENRY 27 CHAPMAN, WILLIAM 30 CONGREVE, SIR WILLIAM 34 CROMPTON, SAMUEL 35 DALTON, JOHN 41 DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY 44 DOLLOND, PETER 49 DONKIN, BRYAN 51 FRODSHAM, WILLIAM JAMES 53 GILBERT, DAVIES GIDDY 53 HATCHETT, CHARLES 56 HENRY, DR. WILLIAM 58 HERSCHEL, SIR WILLIAM 61 HOWARD, EDWARD CHARLES 63 HUDDART, CAPTAIN JOSEPH 64 JENNER, DR. EDWARD 67 JESSOP, WILLIAM 72 KATER, CAPTAIN HENRY 75 LESLIE, SIR JOHN 77 MASKELYNE, DR. NEVIL 81 MAUDSLAY, HENRY 83 MILLER, PATRICK 86