Reflections on the Decline of Science in England

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Author

Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871

Title

Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes

Credits

Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

Q: Science

Subject

Royal Society (Great Britain)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

1216

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1216

Release Date

February 1, 1998

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.REFLECTIONS ON THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND, AND ON SOME OF ITS CAUSES.
2. 2.By Charles Babbage
3. 3.DEDICATION.
4. 4.PREFACE. — REFLECTIONS ON THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND, AND ON SOME OF ITS CAUSES.
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. ON THE RECIPROCAL INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. OF THE INDUCEMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS TO CULTIVATE SCIENCE.
8. 8.SECTION 1. PROFESSIONAL IMPULSES.
9. 9.SECTION 2. OF NATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT.
10. 10.SECTION 3. Of Encouragement from Learned Societies.
11. 11.CHAPTER III. GENERAL STATE OF LEARNED SOCIETIES IN ENGLAND.
12. 12.CHAPTER IV. STATE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR.
13. 13.SECTION 1. MODE OF BECOMING A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
14. 14.SECTION 2. OF THE PRESIDENCY AND VICE-PRESIDENCIES.
15. 15.SECTION 3. OF THE SECRETARISHIPS.
16. 16.SECTION 4. OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS.
17. 17.SECTION 5. OF THE UNION OF SEVERAL OFFICES IN ONE PERSON.
18. 18.SECTION 6. OF THE FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY.
19. 19.SECTION 7. OF THE ROYAL MEDALS.
20. 20.SECTION 8. OF THE COPLEY MEDALS.
21. 21.SECTION 9. OF THE FAIRCHILD LECTURE.
22. 22.SECTION 10. OF THE CROONIAN LECTURE.
23. 23.SECTION 11. OF THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
24. 24.SECTION 12. OF THE PLAN FOR REFORMING THE SOCIETY.
25. 25.CHAPTER V. OF OBSERVATIONS.
26. 26.SECTION 1. OF MINUTE PRECISION.
27. 27.SECTION 2. ON THE ART OF OBSERVING.
28. 28.SECTION 3. ON THE FRAUDS OF OBSERVERS.
29. 29.CHAPTER VI. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND.
30. 30.SECTION 1. OF THE NECESSITY THAT MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SHOULD EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS.
31. 31.SECTION 2. OF BIENNIAL PRESIDENTS.
32. 32.SECTION 3. OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
33. 33.SECTION 4. OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
34. 34.SECTION 5. OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
35. 35.SECTION 6. ORDER OF MERIT.
36. 36.SECTION 7. OF THE UNION OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES.
37. 37.CONCLUSION.
38. 38.APPENDIX, No. 1.
39. 39.APPENDIX, No. 2.
40. 40.APPENDIX, No. 3,
41. 41.LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE

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