[4] In the year 1870, a gentleman of the name of Davis bequeathed £2,000 to the Royal Institution, London, to aid original scientific research. [5] As a notable exception to the above statement:--"Scientific research has now an Institute of its own in Birmingham, without being indebted to the public funds. A fund has already been collected for carrying on the work. The building is called 'The Institute of Scientific Research.'" See _Nature_, January 7th, 1881, p. 366; the _Athenæum_, February 5th, 1881, p. 204; the _English Mechanic_, p. 537, February 11th, 1881. [6] Professor Bache left 50,000 dollars, and Smithson bequeathed 541,000 dollars to this Institution. [7] Respecting the Members of our Houses of Legislature, a former Postmaster-General remarked to me, that a dose of scientific research would be too much for them. [8] The Victoria University has recently become a partial exception to this statement. [9] See "Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers," vol. 5, pp. 719 and 890; and vol. 8, p. 1,010. [10] See _Nature_, April 24th and May 1st, 1873, pp. 485 and 13; also _Work and Wages_, by Brassey, pp. 170 and 178. [11] NOTE.--See "Work and Wages," by Brassey, p.p. 15-131 and 132; also the "Laboratory," vol. 1, p.p. 313-316, 378 and 380. [12] NOTE.--The whole of this chapter, especially the Moral Section, is capable of great amplification and much more copious illustration. [13] NOTE.--See also p. 95. [14] NOTE.--Athenæum, Aug. 3, 1877. p. 242. [15] "Wish and Will," by L. Turner, M.A. [16] "The Mutual Relations of Physical Science and Religious Faith." [17] Port Royal Logic, Discourse 1. [18] See p. 91-92. [19] See "Waste Products and Undeveloped Substances," by P. W. Simmonds. [20] See "Barometer Cycles," by Balfour Stewart, F.R.S.--_Nature_, Jan. 13, 1881, p. 237. [21] See p. 165, et seq. [22] It would I consider be an improvement in our educational arrangements, if a Professorial chair, solely devoted to teaching those laws and principles, existed in each Scientific College. [23] See vols. 1 (1872) 2 (1874) of the Reports of that Commission. [24] See pages 100 and 101. [25] "_Nature_," April 3rd, 1873. p. 431. [26] Sir Edmund Beckett, "_English Mechanic_", 1881, No. 830, p. 560. [27] The Earl of Craufurd, "_English Mechanic_," 1881, No. 830, p. 560. [28] See page 68, et seq. p. 134. [29] See "_Nature_," Dec. 2nd, 1880, p. 112. [30] "_English Mechanic_," 1881, No. 831, pp. 586, 587. [31] "_English Mechanic_," August 17th, 1881, p. 83. [32] The Mastership of the Mint is no longer given to scientific men. [33] See Reports of Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and Advancement of Science, Vol 2, pp. 75-92. [34] See "_Nature_" No. 600, p. 597, April 28th, 1881. [35] A fleet of thirty ships, varying in size from 500 to 5000 tons each, is employed in laying and repairing telegraph cables, and 25 millions of pounds have already been invested in submarine cable enterprises.