The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First ProfessorsJones, Bence
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The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors
Jones, Bence
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829; Royal Institution of Great Britain; Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814; Young, Thomas, 1773-1829
Davy, Sir H., 70, 83, 113, 176, 180, 281, 300, 304, 307, 310;
his birth, 312;
at Bristol with Dr. Beddoes, 313;
his first work, 314;
opinion of by Southey, 315;
his first galvanic experiments, 316;
first interview with Rumford, 317;
his engagement at the Institution, 318, 320;
his first lectures, 321, 323;
his second year’s lectures, 326;
his success as a lecturer, 328;
his lectures on Agriculture, 329;
edited the Journal, 331;
made F.R.S., 331;
opinion of him by Coleridge, 332;
his own opinion, 333;
Dr. Dalton’s account of him, 334;
his letter to Coleridge, who was leaving England, 335;
his letter on the death of G. Watt, 337;
received the Copley medal, 338;
his picture of Ireland, 338;
his electrical discoveries, 339;
his first Bakerian lecture, 340;
secretary of the Royal Society, 341;
his account of Coleridge’s lectures, 342;
his laboratory notes of the decomposition of the alkalies, 343, 344,
345, 346;
his first sketch of the Bakerian lecture on the New Metals, 347,
348, 349;
his illness, 350;
Mr. Dibden’s account of his discoveries, 351, 352;
his lectures after his illness, 354;
his work, 355;
his new electric battery, 356;
tries to decompose nitrogen, 358;
his picture of the laboratory, 360;
his work on Chlorine, 363, 364;
his lectures at Dublin, 366;
his marriage, 367, 368, 369, 381;
his last lectures at the Royal Institution, 370;
on Radiant Matter, 371;
on Chlorine, 374;
on Simple Inflammable Bodies, 376;
on the Metals, 378;
his ‘Elements of Chemical Philosophy,’ 381;
reviewed by Dr. Young, 382, 384, 386;
his agricultural lectures, 387;
his work on Fluorine, 388;
elected honorary professor, 389;
his researches on flame, 390;
President of Royal Society, 390;
on the protection of ships, 391;
his first attack of paralysis, 391;
resignation of the presidentship, 393;
his last paper on the Torpedo, 396;
his last illness, 398;
his death, 400;
his picture by his friend Mr. Poole, 401, 403
Dibden, Mr., 213, 273, 283, 351, 352
Dragoons, King’s American, regiment, 16, 25, 26, 407
Elector of Bavaria, Theodore, 28, 29, 40, 41, 59, 60, 62;
Maximilian, 72, 77, 82, 97
Essays, Count Rumford’s, 43, 49, 76
Faraday, Michael, 307, 308, 310, 311, 389, 391
Fluoric principle, Davy on, 307, 308
Gage, Governor, 6, 11
Garden, English, at Munich, 37
Garnett, Dr., 141, 148, 157;
his life, 163 _et seq._
Germain, Lord George, 12, 17, 18;
introduces Thompson to Sir. H. Clinton, 19;
praises Thompson to General Leslie, 21
Gibbon, his account of Rumford, 27
Gilray, caricature of Rumford and Royal Institution, 78
Guizot, M., his éloge on Madame de Rumford, 101
Harris, Mr., first librarian, 213
Hatchett, Mr., 154, 159, 204, 213
Heat, on the source of, 49;
motion, 51
Hippesley, Sir John, 146, 148, 152, 156, 180
Howe, General, 10, 11, 13
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