OF

GREAT BRITAIN,

FOR THE PROMOTION, DIFFUSION, AND EXTENSION OF SCIENCE AND USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

ESTABLISHED UNDER A CHARTER GRANTED BY KING GEORGE III. IN 1800; ENLARGED AND CONFIRMED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT IN 1810.

LIST OF THE MEMBERS,

OFFICERS, AND PROFESSORS,

1877.

WITH THE

REPORT OF THE VISITORS,

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS,

AND

LISTS OF LECTURES AND DONATIONS,

IN 1876.

LONDON:

ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY,
July, 1877.

CONTENTS.

Page

Patrons, Officers, and Professors since the Foundation ..
Members who have received Mr. Fuller's Gold Medal ..
Objects of the Royal Institution

Comparative Statement of Receipts and Expenditure,

Courses of Lectures in 1876

OF THE

ROYAL INSTITUTION

SINCE ITS FOUNDATION.

At the First Meeting of the Managers of the Royal Institution, held on March 9th, 1799, at the house of Sir Joseph Banks, in Soho-square, were present: SIR JOSEPH BANKS (in the Chair),

THE EARL OF MORTON,
EARL SPENCER,

COUNT RUMFORD,
RICHARD CLARKE, ESQ.

THOMAS BERNARD, Secretary.

On June 29, 1799, "The President (the Earl of Winchilsea) acquainted the Managers that he had had the honour of mentioning this Institution to His "Majesty and that His Majesty was graciously pleased to honour it with "His Patronage, and to allow it to be called the ROYAL INSTITUTION." Minutes of the Meeting.

1842 Lord Prudhoe, afterwards Duke of Northumberland.

1865 Sir Henry Holland, Bart. M.D.

1873 The Duke of Northumberland, D.C.L.

TREASURERS.

1799 Thomas Bernard, Esq. afterwards Sir Thos. Bernard, Bart.

1800 Sir John Cox Hippisley, Bart.

1801 The Lord Kinnaird.

1806 Scrope Bernard, Esq. afterwards Sir Scrope Bernard Morland, Bart.

1830 Sir George Duckett, Bart.

1832 William Richard Hamilton, Esq.

1849 William Pole, Esq.

1865 William Spottiswoode, Esq.

1873 George Busk, Esq.

SECRETARIES.

1799 The Rev. Dr. Samuel Glasse.

1801 James Peter Auriol, Esq.

1811 John Guillemard, Esq.

1813 Thomas Harrison, Esq.

1824 John Guillemard, Esq.
1826 Edmund Robert Daniell, Esq.
1843 The Rev. John Barlow.

1860 Henry Bence Jones, M.D.

1873 William Spottiswoode, Esq.

PRINCIPAL PROFESSORS.

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND CHEMISTRY.

1799-1801 Dr. Thomas Garnett.

1801-1803 Dr. Thomas Young.

CHEMISTRY.

1802-1813 Humphry Davy, Esq. afterwards Sir Humphry Davy, Bart.

(Honorary Professor 1813-1823.)

1813-1852 William Thomas Brande, Esq. (Honorary Professor

1852-1866.)

1863-1868 Edward Frankland, Esq.

MECHANIOS.

1817-1829 John Millington, Esq.