History of the Royal Society

The Royal Society has been dedicated to scientific inquiry since the seventeenth century. In 1811, Thomas Thomson (1773-1852), a pioneering chemistry teacher who was elected a fellow of the society in the same year, undertook the project of writing a history of the organisation's illustrious past. In this book, published in 1812, Thomson explains how the group began in 1645, initiated by men who met once a week to discuss natural philosophy and mathematics. They were eventually granted a royal charter by Charles II in 1662. The society grew in number and prestige, and began publishing research in its Philosophical Transactions in 1665. Thomson's work focuses particularly on the development of the group's many scientific areas of interest and summarises various papers it published. He also includes a full list of the fellowship, from the society's foundation to 1812, and a copy of the society's original charter.

Preface
Historical introduction
Natural History
Of botany
Of zoology
Of mineralogy
Of geography and topography
Of Mathematics
Of Mechanical Philosophy
Of astronomy
Of optics
Of dynamics
Of mechanics
Of hydrodynamics
Of acoustics
Of navigation
Of electricity
Of magnetism
Of Chemistry
Of chemistry
Of meteorology
Of chemical arts and manufactures
Miscellaneous Articles
Of weights and measures
Of political arithmetic
Of antiquities
Miscellaneous articles
Appendix
Charter of the Royal Society
Patent, granting Chelsea to the Royal Society
Minutes of the Royal Society respecting Newton
List of the Fellows of the Royal Society
The Patrons; and alphabetical list of the Fellows of the Royal Society
Index
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