OF

MEN OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE !

WHO FLOURISHED IN THE

TIME OF GEORGE III.

BY

HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM, F. R. S.,

MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, AND

OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF NAPLES,

SECOND SERIES.

PHILADELPHIA:.
CAREY AND HART, 126 CHESTNUT STREET.

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR LENOX AND TILDON FOUNDATIONS 1918

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AS A SMALL TOKEN OF RESPECT FOR THE INTEREST WHICH

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

TAKES IN LETTERS AND THE ARTS.

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ADAM SMITH,
LAVOISIER,
GIBBON,
SIR JOSEPH BANKS,
D'ALEMBERT,
ADDITIONAL NOTE ON SIR JOSEPH BANKS,
NOTE ON THE LIVES OF CAVENDISH, WATT, AND

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