The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors - Bence Jones

[38] The predecessor of Mr. Faraday.

[39] The discovery of the simplicity of chlorine was claimed by the French chemists; Davy afterwards said of Gay-Lussac’s paper in the Annales de Chimie for July 1814, ‘The historical notes attached to it are of a nature not to be passed over without animadversion. M. Gay-Lussac states that he and M. Thénard were the first to advance the hypothesis that chlorine was a simple body, and he quotes M. Ampère as having entertained that opinion before me. On the subject of the originality of the idea of chlorine being a simple body I have always vindicated the claims of Scheele, but I must assume for myself the labour of having demonstrated its properties and combinations and of having explained the chemical phenomena it produces, and I am in possession of a letter from M. Ampère that shows he has no claims of this kind to make.’

[40] Count Rumford must have proposed a salary of 225l. ([p. 238]).

[41] Expenditure to June 12.

[42] Abolished in August.

[INDEX.]

Academy, American, of Arts and Sciences, [53];
Bavarian, of Arts and Sciences, [89]
Accounts of the Royal Institution, [180], [203], [304], [425]
Agriculture, Board of, [201], [202], [215]
Alkalies, decomposition of, [279]
Alloys, experiments on, proposed, [192]
Astle, T., his library bought, [259]
Baldwin, Loammi, [6], [8], [41], [59], [62], [65], [67], [68]
Banks, Sir Joseph, [3], [29], [73], [75], [77], [78], [80], [134], [153], [215], [261], [263], [275], [369]
Bavaria, Elector of, his introduction to Rumford, [28];
made Fellow of Royal Society, [29]
Beggars at Munich, [31], [32]
Bernard, Thomas (afterwards Sir Thomas), [46], [115], [138];
report on the Institution, [203], [301];
death, [302]
Blagden, Sir C., [42], [69], [71], [77], [81], [84], [93]
Böekman, Mr., [181]
Brande, Mr., [308], [309], [389]
Carleton, Sir Guy, [24], [25], [260], [405]
Chemical operator, [172]
Clinton, Sir Henry, [15], [19]
Coleridge, Mr., his lectures, [277], [284], [342]
Committee of Science, [215], [302], [309];
committees for investigation, [154], [186], [138], [192], [280]
Concord, formerly Rumford, [3], [113]
Cooper, Astley, [259]
Crotch, Dr., [260]
Curwen, Judge, his sketch of Thompson, [18]
Cuvier, Baron, his éloge on Rumford, [13], [29], [36], [109]
Dalton, Mr., [216], [290]
Dartmouth, Lord, [12]
Davy, Sir H., [70], [83], [113], [176], [180], [281], [300], [304], [307], [310];
his birth, [312];
at Bristol with Dr. Beddoes, [313];
his first work, [314];
opinion of by Southey, [315];
his first galvanic experiments, [316];
first interview with Rumford, [317];
his engagement at the Institution, [318], [320];
his first lectures, [321], [323];
his second year’s lectures, [326];
his success as a lecturer, [328];
his lectures on Agriculture, [329];
edited the Journal, [331];
made F.R.S., [331];
opinion of him by Coleridge, [332];
his own opinion, [333];
Dr. Dalton’s account of him, [334];
his letter to Coleridge, who was leaving England, [335];
his letter on the death of G. Watt, [337];
received the Copley medal, [338];
his picture of Ireland, [338];
his electrical discoveries, [339];
his first Bakerian lecture, [340];
secretary of the Royal Society, [341];
his account of Coleridge’s lectures, [342];
his laboratory notes of the decomposition of the alkalies, [343], [344], [345], [346];
his first sketch of the Bakerian lecture on the New Metals, [347], [348], [349];
his illness, [350];
Mr. Dibden’s account of his discoveries, [351], [352];
his lectures after his illness, [354];
his work, [355];
his new electric battery, [356];
tries to decompose nitrogen, [358];
his picture of the laboratory, [360];
his work on Chlorine, [363], [364];
his lectures at Dublin, [366];
his marriage, [367], [368], [369], [381];
his last lectures at the Royal Institution, [370];
on Radiant Matter, [371];
on Chlorine, [374];
on Simple Inflammable Bodies, [376];
on the Metals, [378];
his ‘Elements of Chemical Philosophy,’ [381];
reviewed by Dr. Young, [382], [384], [386];
his agricultural lectures, [387];
his work on Fluorine, [388];
elected honorary professor, [389];
his researches on flame, [390];
President of Royal Society, [390];
on the protection of ships, [391];
his first attack of paralysis, [391];
resignation of the presidentship, [393];
his last paper on the Torpedo, [396];
his last illness, [398];
his death, [400];
his picture by his friend Mr. Poole, [401], [403]
Dibden, Mr., [213], [273], [283], [351], [352]
Dragoons, King’s American, regiment, [16], [25], [26], [407]
Elector of Bavaria, Theodore, [28], [29], [40], [41], [59], [60], [62];
Maximilian, [72], [77], [82], [97]
Essays, Count Rumford’s, [43], [49], [76]
Faraday, Michael, [307], [308], [310], [311], [389], [391]
Fluoric principle, Davy on, [307], [308]
Gage, Governor, [6], [11]
Garden, English, at Munich, [37]
Garnett, Dr., [141], [148], [157];
his life, [163] et seq.
Germain, Lord George, [12], [17], [18];
introduces Thompson to Sir. H. Clinton, [19];
praises Thompson to General Leslie, [21]
Gibbon, his account of Rumford, [27]
Gilray, caricature of Rumford and Royal Institution, [78]
Guizot, M., his éloge on Madame de Rumford, [101]
Harris, Mr., first librarian, [213]
Hatchett, Mr., [154], [159], [204], [213]
Heat, on the source of, [49];
motion, [51]
Hippesley, Sir John, [146], [148], [152], [156], [180]
Howe, General, [10], [11], [13]
Huntingdon, barracks at Long Island, [25]
Industry, House of, at Munich, [33]
Institution, London, the, [274], [275]
Institution, Royal, the, germ of, [44];
Proposals, [66];
caricature of, [78];
foundation, [114];
objects, [121];
funds, [125];
privileges of proprietors, [126];
subscribers, [128];
government, [129];
managers, [130];
visitors, [132];
first meeting of proprietors, [134];
first meeting of managers, [136];
charter, [138];
new prospectus, [147];
new theatre, [148];
abstract of the accounts, [180];
report of, in 1801, [181];
Davy appointed assistant lecturer at, [181];
lecturer, [186];
Young appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at, [188];
report on in 1802, [195];
Rumford’s last report on, [197];
committee on the state of, [201];
the first report of the committee on, [203];
description of by Young, [206];
progress of, [258] et seq.;
compared with the London Institution, [275];
difficulties of, [281];
value of the property, [282];
described by Davy, [280], [292] et seq.;
income and expenditure of, from the commencement to 1814, [425]
Jenner, Dr., [303]
Journal of the Royal Institution, [153], [155], [181], [187], [188], [197], [210]
King Rufus, [63], [66]
Kitchens, [151]
Laboratory, [152], [155], [159], [160], [204], [269]
Landseer, Mr., [272], [273]
Lavoisier, Madame, [83], [88], [92], [97], [101], [113], [189]
Lawrence, Mr., [277], [303]
Lectures, first, at the Institution, [167], [170];
of Davy and Young, [191];
of Dalton, [219]
Leslie, General, [21], [23]
Library, foundation of, [204], [212]
Light, experiments on, [40]
Long Island, [25]
Magneto-electricity, discovery of, [279]
Marion, General, defeated by Thompson, [22]
Master of the Workshops, [181]
Mechanics’ School, [142], [162]
Mellish, his house bought, [138]
Military Academy, Munich, [36]
Mineralogical collection, [266], [267], [268], [270]
Model room, [155]
Motion heat, [51]
Munich, [28], [31], [34], [39], [50], [59], [82], [99], [113]
Napoleon, First Consul, description of, [73], [79]
National Institute, [75]
Nova Scotia, [25], [26]
Parliament, Act of, [288], [291]
Payne, William, [281], [305], [306]
Pictet, Professor, his account of Rumford, [27], [145]
Printing press, [153], [189], [260]
Proposals for founding the Royal Institution, [114], [121]
Proprietors, [271], [273], [285], [287], [296], [303]
Pupils in the laboratory, [269]
Resignation of Dr. Garnett, [177]
Report on the Institution, [181]
Repository, [152]
Rolfe, Mrs. Colonel, the first wife of Rumford, [4]
Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count, [1];
his education, [2];
his first note-book, [3];
his first marriage, [4];
major of militia, [5];
persecuted as Royalist, [6], [7], [8], [9], [10];
leaves his wife, child, and country, [11];
made Secretary of Georgia, [13];
volunteer in British fleet, [14];
Fellow of the Royal Society, [15];
Under Secretary of State, [17];
Deputy Inspector General of Provincial Forces, [17];
Lieut.-Colonel of King’s American Dragoons, [19];
embarks for New York, [20];
arrives in Carolina, [21];
commands the cavalry there, [21];
his action on the Santee river, [22];
mentioned in the general orders by General Leslie, [23];
arrives at New York, [24];
consulted by Sir H. Clinton, [24];
commands at Huntingdon, Long Island, [25];
volunteers to serve in West Indies, [26];
returns to London, [26];
leaves England for the Austrian service, [27];
meets the nephew of the Elector of Bavaria, [28];
goes to Munich, [28];
knighted and enters Bavarian service, [28];
aide-de-camp and colonel in Bavaria, [29];
his reforms in Bavaria, [30-37];
experiments on conduction of heat, [38];
experiments on light, [40];
his honours, [41];
his essays, [43], [49];
on Heat, [50];
his medals in America, [53];
in England, [54];
awarded the first Rumford medal, [54];
his work and honours in Ireland, [55];
his picture by his daughter, [57];
saves Munich, [59];
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to England, [61];
not received, [62];
invited to America, [64];
founds the Royal Institution, [69];
revisits Munich, [71];
first visits Paris, [73];
leaves England, [77];
returns to Munich, [81];
his engagement to Madame Lavoisier, [87];
his marriage, [90];
further scientific researches, [93];
his wretched married life, [94];
goes to Auteuil, [96];
his separation, [97];
returns to Munich, [99];
further researches, [104];
visited by Davy, [105];
his life at Auteuil, [106];
his death, [109];
his will, [112];
his bequest to Harvard College, [112];
to Davy, [113];
founds the Royal Institution, [114] et seq.;
his last report on the Institution, [197];
causes of his departure from England, [200];
state of the funds when he left the Institution, [201];
original documents regarding his service in the American war, [405] et seq.
Savage, Mr., [155], [189]
Simonds, Miss, Rumford’s mother, [1]
Smith, Sir James, [259]
Smith, Sydney, [260], [264], [265], [272], [273], [277]
Society for bettering the condition of the poor, [46], [118], [138], [147]
Subscribers to lectures only, [193];
ladies recommending subscribers, [209]
Subscription for Dr. Garnett’s children, [179]
Tanning, Davy to lecture on, [186], [190]
Theatre of Institution, [149], [152]
Thompson, Benjamin, Ebenezer and James, ancestors of Count Rumford, [1]
Underwood, Mr., [105]
Ventilation, [273]
Verona, hospitals at, [42]
Volta, experiments on animal electricity, [43], [73], [74], [84], [156], [278]
Walker, Rev. T., the father-in-law of Rumford, [3], [7]
Webster, Mr., [138], [141], [148], [172], [185], [193], [195]
Wentworth, Governor, [4]
Winchelsea, Earl of, first president, [141]
Woburn, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Rumford, [1], [8]
Wollaston, Dr., [300], [303]
Workhouse at Munich, [31]
Workshops at the Institution, [198]
Young, Dr. Thomas, [112];
made Professor, [188];
his lectures, [191], [205], [240], [244];
his preface to the second volume of the Journal of the Institution, [206], [246];
his reply to the ‘Edinburgh Review,’ [211];
his early history, [223] et seq.;
made F.R.S., [225];
at Edinburgh, [226];
ceased to be a Quaker, [227];
his Highland tour, [228];
at Göttingen, [229];
at Cambridge, [232];
his discoveries on light, [235];
reviewed by Lord Brougham, [236];
his reply, [237];
professor at the Royal Institution, [238];
his editing of the Journals, [239];
his introductory lecture on the objects of the Institution, [242];
foreign secretary of the Royal Society, [246];
leaves the Royal Institution, [246];
elected a life subscriber, [246];
published his lectures on Natural Philosophy, [247];
physician of St. George’s Hospital, [248];
began his hieroglyphical researches, [249];
his articles in the ‘Encyclopædia Britannica,’ [250];
his article on Egypt, [250];
superintendent of the ‘Nautical Almanac,’ [250];
comparison of Young and Fresnel, [251];
his interviews with Champollion, [253];
abuse for the ‘Nautical Almanac,’ [254];
his death, [255];
his character drawn by Sir H. Davy, [256];
by Davies Gilbert, [257];
his answer to Rumford when offered the professorship at Royal Institution, [417];
his invention of a micrometer, [419] et seq.

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