LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF
THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.

&c. &c. &c.

BY

JOHN AYRTON PARIS, M.D. CANTAB. F. R. S. &c.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,

NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

MDCCCXXXI.

TO

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

PRINCE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK,

DUKE OF SUSSEX, K.G. D.C.L.

&c. &c. &c.

PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY;

THESE MEMOIRS OF A PHILOSOPHER

WHOSE SPLENDID DISCOVERIES

ILLUMINED THE AGE IN WHICH HE LIVED,

ADORNED THE COUNTRY WHICH GAVE HIM BIRTH,

AND OBTAINED FROM FOREIGN AND HOSTILE NATIONS

THE HOMAGE OF ADMIRATION AND

THE MEED OF GRATITUDE,

ARE, BY THE GRACIOUS PERMISSION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, DEDICATED WITH SENTIMENTS OF PROFOUND RESPECT,

BY

THE AUTHOR.