Decline of Science in England [74]
Sir Robert. (C) 1 Sewell, Sir John. 3 Somerset, Duke of. 3 Sotheby, William. 3 2 South, James. (C) 5 Spencer, Earl. 3 Stanley, Sir John Thos. 3 Staunton, Sir Geo. Thos. 2 Stowell,Lord. 1 Sumner, George Holme. 1 Thomas, Honoratus L. 2 Thomson, Thomas. 1 Tiarks, Dr. John Lewis. 1 Troughton, Edward. (C) 2 Ure, Andrew. 2 Warburton, Henry. 1 Weaver, Thomas. 1 Whewell, William. 3 Whidbey, Joseph. 2 3 Wilkins, Charles. 3 Williams, John Lloyd. 1 1 Wilson, Sir Giffin. 2 Wilson, Gloucester. 1 Yorke, Rt. Hon. Chas.
I had intended to have printed a list of those persons to whom the Royal Society had in past years awarded the Copley medals, and the reasons for which they were given; but having applied to the Council for permission to employ an amanuensis, to copy those awards, either from the minutes, or from the volumes of the Philosophical Transactions, I was surprised at receiving a refusal. I confess it appeared to me, that as a whole, those adjudications did us credit, although I doubted the propriety of many individual cases. As, however, the Council seem to have had a different opinion, and as I had made the application through courtesy, I shall decline printing a list, every individual portion of which has been already published in many ways, although the whole has never been printed in a collected form.
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I had intended to have printed a list of those persons to whom the Royal Society had in past years awarded the Copley medals, and the reasons for which they were given; but having applied to the Council for permission to employ an amanuensis, to copy those awards, either from the minutes, or from the volumes of the Philosophical Transactions, I was surprised at receiving a refusal. I confess it appeared to me, that as a whole, those adjudications did us credit, although I doubted the propriety of many individual cases. As, however, the Council seem to have had a different opinion, and as I had made the application through courtesy, I shall decline printing a list, every individual portion of which has been already published in many ways, although the whole has never been printed in a collected form.
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