Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

Scientific Societies -- Analytical Society -- Astronomical Society -- Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold II -- Scientific Meeting at Florence -- Also at Berlin -- At Edinburgh -- At Cambridge -- Origin of the Statistical Society -- Statistical Congress at Brussels -- Calculus of Functions -- Division of Labour -- Verification part of Cost -- Principles of Taxation -- Extension to Elections -- The two Pumps -- Monopoly -- Miracles.

Of the Part Taken by the Author in the Formation of Various Scientific Societies