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

41 chapters

1. 1REFLECTIONS ON THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND, AND ON SOME OF ITS CAUSES.
2. 2DEDICATION.
3. 3PREFACE.
4. 4REFLECTIONS ON THE DECLINE OF SCIENCE IN ENGLAND, AND ON SOME OF ITS CAUSES.
5. 5INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
6. 6CHAPTER I. ON THE RECIPROCAL INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION.
7. 7CHAPTER II. OF THE INDUCEMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS TO CULTIVATE SCIENCE.
8. 8SECTION 1. PROFESSIONAL IMPULSES.
9. 9SECTION 2. OF NATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT.
10. 10SECTION 3. Of Encouragement from Learned Societies.
11. 11CHAPTER III. GENERAL STATE OF LEARNED SOCIETIES IN ENGLAND.
12. 12CHAPTER IV. STATE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR.
13. 13SECTION 1. MODE OF BECOMING A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
14. 14SECTION 2. OF THE PRESIDENCY AND VICE-PRESIDENCIES.
15. 15SECTION 3. OF THE SECRETARISHIPS.
16. 16SECTION 4. OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS.
17. 17SECTION 5. OF THE UNION OF SEVERAL OFFICES IN ONE PERSON.
18. 18SECTION 6. OF THE FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY.

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