Reflections on the Decline of Science in England by Charles Babbage
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CHAP. II. Of the Inducements to Individuals to cultivate Science.
--Sect. 1. Professional Impulses. ------ 2. Of National Encouragement. ------ 3. Of Encouragement from learned Societies. CHAP. III. General State of learned Societies in England. CHAP. IV. State of the Royal Society in particular. --Sect. 1. Mode of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society. ------ 2. Of the Presidency and Vice-Presidencies. ------ 3. Of the Secretariships ------ 4. Of the Scientific Advisers. ------ 5. Of the Union of several Offices in one person. ------ 6. Of the Funds of the Society. ------ 7. Of the Royal Medals. ------ 8. Of the Copley Medals. ------ 9. Of the Fairchild Lecture. ------ 10. Of the Croonian Lecture. ------ 11. Of the Causes of the Present State of the Royal Society. ------ 12. Of the Plan for Reforming the Society. CHAP. V. Of Observations. --Sect. 1. Of Minute Precision. ------ 2. On the Art of Observing. ------ 3. On the Frauds of Observers. CHAP. VI. Suggestions for the Advancement of Science in England. --Sect. 1. Of the Necessity that Members of the Royal Society --------- should express their Opinions. ------ 2. Of Biennial Presidents. ------ 3. Of the Influence of the Colleges of Physicians and --------- Surgeons in the Royal Society. ------ 4. Of the Influence of the Royal Institution on the Royal --------- Society. |
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