...particular we differ from the Royal Society of London, whose function was thus defined in 1663 : — " To improve the knowledge of natural things, and all useful arts, manufactures, mechanic practices, engines, and inventions, by experiments (not meddling with divinity, metaphysics,...

...them. " The business and design of the Royal Society is — " To improve the knowledge of naturall things, and all useful Arts, Manufactures, Mechanick practises, Engynes and Inventions by Experiments — (not meddling with Divinity, Metaphysics, Moralls, Politicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, or...

...them. " The business and design of the Royal Society is — " To improve the knowledge of naturall things, and all useful Arts, Manufactures, Mechanick practises, Engynes and Inventions by Experiments — (not meddling with Divinity, Metaphysics, Moralls, Politicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, or...

...charter, which gave the society certain privileges, it states the business and design of the society is to improve the knowledge of natural things, and all useful arts, manufactures, mechanic practices, engines, and inventions, by experiments — not meddling with divinity, metaphysics,...

...contradistinction to supernatural* Hooke, the president, declared, in 1663, that "the business and design of tbe Royal Society was to improve the knowledge of natural things, and all useful arts, manufaoi tures, mechanick practises, engynes and inventions by experiments—(not meddling with divinity,...

...therefore introduced in contradistinction to supernatural." Hooke, the president, declared, in 16u"3, that "the business and design of the Royal Society...manufactures, mechanick practises, engynes and inventions by experiments — (not meddling with divinity, metaphysics, moralls, politicks, grammar, rhetorick, or...

...therefore introduced iu contradistinction to supernatural." Hooke, the president, declared, in 1663, that "the business and design of the Royal Society...manufactures, mechanick practises, engynes and inventions by experiments — (not meddling with divinity, metaphysics, rnoralls, politicks, grammar, rhetorick,...

...gist of it is fairly well contained in these two sentences : " To improve the knowledge of naturall things, and all useful Arts, Manufactures, Mechanick practises, Engynes and Inventions by Experiments (not meddling with Divinity, Metaphysics, Moralls, Politicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, or Logick)."...

...gist of it is fairly well contained in these two sentences : " To improve the knowledge of naturall things, and all useful Arts, Manufactures, Mechanick practises, Engynes and Inventions by Experiments (not meddling with Divinity, Metaphysics, Moralls, Politicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, or Logick)."...

...years ago at the founding of the Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Natural Knowledge: ... to improve the knowledge of natural things, and all useful arts, manufactures, mechanic practises, engynes, and inventions for experiments — (not meddling with Divinity, Metaphysics,...