Journals of the Royal Instittution of Great Britain.

  • Royal Institution
Date:
1802-
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    town, or country, who take them in, will be expected to settle their accounts with the publisher quarterly. At a Meeting of the Managers of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, held on Monday the 31st of March, 1800. Resolved, I. That a Committee of Natural Philoso- phy and Chemistry, consisting exclusively of men emi- nently distinguished for their knowledge in those sciences, be appointed as a permanent Council of Reference and Consultation, in all cases where, in conducting the affairs of the Institution, the opinions and advice of a Committee so constituted, will be useful. II. That this committee be called the Scientific Com- mittee of Council;—that it be a standing committee; and that the number of persons belonging to it be not limited, III. That this Committee be requested to examine, from time to time, the syllabuses of the Professors of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, belonging to the Institution; to the end that no doctrines or opinion be taught or promul- gated at the public lectures of the Institution, but such as are agreeable to the actual state of knowledge in science for the time being. IV. That this Committee be requested to superintend all the new philosophical experiments that shall be made at the house of the Institution; and when in the course of these experiments any scientific discovery shall be made, that shall by them be considered as new and interesting, that they be requested to cause to be iirawn up, under their direction, an account of the same, in order to its be- ing communicated by the Managers of the Institution, lo the Royal Society of London. V. That this Committee do consist of the following per- sons. Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. The Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. Astronomer Royal.