PStopford del

A

HISTORY

OF

THE ROYAL SOCIETY,

WITH

MEMOIRS OF THE PRESIDENTS.

COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC

DOCUMENTS

BY

CHARLES RICHARD WELD, ESQ.,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW;

ASSISTANT-SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN
TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

M.DCCC.XLVIII.

Cambridge:

Printed at the University Press.