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Some Account of the Foundation and Early History of the Royal Society

Charta Prima, Præsidi, Concilio, et Sodalibus Regalis Societatis Londini,

à Rege Carolo Secundo concessa.....

First Charter, granted to the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal

Society of London, by King Charles the Second.

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Charta Secunda, lisdem ab Eodem concessa....

Second Charter, granted to the same by the same

Charta Tertia, Iisdem ab Eodem concessa..

Third Charter, granted to the same by the same

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A License for Purchasing in Mortmain to the yearly value of One

Thousand Pounds, granted by King George the First....

A Note on the History of the Statutes of the Society-

The First Statutes....

The Statutes from 1663 to 1752..

The Statutes from 1752 to 1776

The Statutes from 1776 to 1847

The Changes from 1847 to 1888

Benefactors of the Society

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The Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, formerly known as "The Physick Garden"

II. "Government Fund" of £4000 a year and "Government

The Library ...

Instruments and Historical Relics in the Possession of the Royal Society

List of Portraits and Busts in the Apartments of the Society.

Catalogue of the Medals in the Possession of the Society..

Names of Persons to whom the Medals of the Royal Society have been

awarded-

Copley Medal....

Rumford Medal.

Royal Medal... ..

Davy Medal

Darwin Medal..

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Plate 1. Portraits of Lord Brouncker, P.R.S., Sir Joseph Williamson,
P.R.S., Sir Christopher Wren, P.R.S., and Sir John Hoskins,
P.R.S..

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Plate 2. Portraits of Samuel Pepys, P.R.S., the Earl of Carbery, P.R.S.,
Henry Oldenburg, Sec. R.S., and the Hon. Robert Boyle,
F.R.S.

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