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MEMOIRS

OF THE

DISTINGUISHED MEN OF SCIENCE

OF GREAT BRITAIN

LIVING IN THE YEARS 1807-8.

AND APPENDIX.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

ROBERT HUNT, F.R.S., &c.

COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY

WILLIAM WALKER, JUNIOR.

Second Edition.

"The evil, that men do, lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones." SHAKSPEARE.

LONDON: E. & F. N. SPON, 16, BUCKLERSBURY.

1864.

LONDON: W. DAVY AND SON, PRINTERS, GILBERT STREET, OXFORD STREET, W.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

ALLEN, WILLIAM 1

BAILY, FRANCIS 2

BANKS, SIR JOSEPH 4

BENTHAM, BRIGADIER-GENERAL SIR SAMUEL 7

BOULTON, MATTHEW 13

BRAMAH, JOSEPH 15

BROWN, ROBERT 18

BRUNEL, SIR MARK ISAMBARD 21

CARTWRIGHT, REV. DR. EDMUND 24

CAVENDISH, HON. HENRY 27