A History of the Royal Society 2 Volume Paperback Set

With Memoirs of the Presidents
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-02819-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 1182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 250 mm x 324 mm, Gewicht: 1800 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences

The Royal Society has been dedicated to scientific inquiry since the seventeenth century and has seen a long line of illustrious scientists and thinkers among its fellowship. The society's Assistant Secretary and Librarian, Charles Richard Weld (1813–1869), spent four years writing this two-volume History of the Royal Society, published in 1848, which also includes illustrations by his wife, Anne. Weld's aim was to document the 'rise, progress, and constitution' of the society. He charts how the informal meetings of like-minded men engaged in scientific pursuits in the mid-1600s developed into a prestigious society that by 1830 counted as one of the world's most influential scientific institutions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weld, Charles Richard

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Universitäten, Wissenschaftliche Akademien, Gelehrtengesellschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Preface; 1. State of literature and science in Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; 2. Origin of Royal Society involved in some obscurity; 3. The Restoration favourable to the establishment of a philosophical society; 4. Large proportion of physicians amongst the early members of the Society; 5. Early labours of the Society; 6. Memoir of Lord Brouncker; 7. Evelyn's designs for the Society's armorial bearings; 8. Sorbière's account of his visit to the Society; 9. Committee concerning Chelsea College; 10. Memoir of Sir J. Williamson; 11. Memoir of Samuel Pepys; 12. Memoir of Lord Pembroke; 13. Memoir of Lord Somers; 14. Memoir of Sir Isaac Newton; 15. House occupied by the Society in Crane Court; 16. Impetus given to the study of meteorology; 17. Memoir of Martin Folkes. Volume 2: 1. Memoir of Lord Macclesfield; 2. Memoir of Lord Morton; 3. Memoir of Sir James Burrow; 4. Revision of Statutes; 5. Government announce their intention of providing apartments for the Society in Somerset House; 6. Dissensions in the Society; 7. The Society petition George III for funds to commence a geodaetical survey; 8. Establishment of the Royal Institution; 9. The Society resume the consideration of the North-west Passage; 10. Memoir of Sir Humphry Davy; 11. The Society receive a letter from the Treasury respecting Mr. Babbage's calculating machine; 12. Harris's lightning-conductors; 13. Memoir of Davies Gilbert; 14. Retrospective review of the labours of the Society; Appendix; Index.