...the intercourse of the cultivators of science with each other, and with forcign philosophers," — " to give a stronger impulse and more systematic direction to scientific inquiry," and " to obtain a greater degree of national attention to the objects of science, and a removal of...

...Viscount Milton the first President of the Association, explained that it had for its chief object ' to give a stronger impulse and more systematic direction to scientific inquiry.' In his address, he pointed out the number of Philosophical Societies which had by degrees sprung up...

...promote the intercourse of the cultivators of science with each other, and with foreign philosophers"—" to give a stronger impulse and more systematic direction to scientific inquiry"—" to obtain a greater degree of national attention to the objects of science, and a removal of the disadvantages...

...that a BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE should bo founded, having for its objects, to give a stronger impulse and more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, to obtain a greater degree of national attention to the objects of science, and a removal of these disadvantages...

...was intended to supply that want was based upon a just appreciation of unalterable truths. Mr. Yernon Harcourt summed up the desiderata in graphic words,...objects of the society, printed at the head of the annually appearing volumes of its transactions — to give a stronger impulse and more systematic direction...

...want was a real, and not an imaginary one, an 1 that the mode in which it was intended to supply that want was based upon a just appreciation of unalterable...impulse and more systematic direction to scientific enquiry, — to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the empire,...

...was д real and not an imaginary one, and that the mode in which it was intended to supply that wnnt was based upon a just appreciation of unalterable...annuallyappearing volume of its transactions : — " To give n stronger impulse and more systematic direction to scientific inquiry — to promote the intercourge...

...that " A British Association for the Advancement of Science should be founded, having for its objects to give a stronger impulse and more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, to obtain a greater degree of national attention to the objects of science, and a removal of those disadvantages...

...real, and not an imaginary one, and that the mode in which it was intended to supply that want wa> based upon a just appreciation of unalterable truths....impulse and more systematic direction to scientific inquiry—to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the Empire,...

...the Advancement of Science. The leading object of the new organization was tersely defined : — " To give a stronger impulse and more systematic direction to scientific inquiry." Many who are now present will be likely to hear from some authorized mouthpiece of the British Association...