Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes
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- REFLECTIONS ON THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND, AND ON SOME OF ITS CAUSES.
- DEDICATION.
- PREFACE.
- REFLECTIONS ON THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND, AND ON SOME OF ITS CAUSES.
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
- CHAPTER I. ON THE RECIPROCAL INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION.
- CHAPTER II. OF THE INDUCEMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS TO CULTIVATE SCIENCE.
- SECTION 1. PROFESSIONAL IMPULSES.
- SECTION 2. OF NATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT.
- SECTION 3. Of Encouragement from Learned Societies.
- CHAPTER III. GENERAL STATE OF LEARNED SOCIETIES IN ENGLAND.
- CHAPTER IV. STATE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR.
- SECTION 1. MODE OF BECOMING A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
- SECTION 2. OF THE PRESIDENCY AND VICE-PRESIDENCIES.
- SECTION 3. OF THE SECRETARISHIPS.
- SECTION 4. OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS.
- SECTION 5. OF THE UNION OF SEVERAL OFFICES IN ONE PERSON.
- SECTION 6. OF THE FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY.
- SECTION 7. OF THE ROYAL MEDALS.
- SECTION 8. OF THE COPLEY MEDALS.
- SECTION 9. OF THE FAIRCHILD LECTURE.
- SECTION 10. OF THE CROONIAN LECTURE.
- SECTION 11. OF THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
- SECTION 12. OF THE PLAN FOR REFORMING THE SOCIETY.
- CHAPTER V. OF OBSERVATIONS.
- SECTION 1. OF MINUTE PRECISION.
- SECTION 2. ON THE ART OF OBSERVING.
- SECTION 3. ON THE FRAUDS OF OBSERVERS.
- CHAPTER VI. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND.
- SECTION 1. OF THE NECESSITY THAT MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SHOULD EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS.
- SECTION 2. OF BIENNIAL PRESIDENTS.
- SECTION 3. OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
- SECTION 4. OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
- SECTION 5. OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
- SECTION 6. ORDER OF MERIT.
- SECTION 7. OF THE UNION OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES.
- CONCLUSION.
- APPENDIX, No. 1.
- APPENDIX, No. 2.
- APPENDIX, No. 3,
- LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE
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