| A Company of Scientists |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| PART I THE SETTING |
| Chapter 1 Portrait of an Institution |
| 14 | PART II THE INSTITUTION AND ITS PATRONAGE |
| 11 | Chapter 2 Members and Protectors |
| Chapter 3 Models for a Company of Scientists |
| 1 | Chapter 4 The Material Benefits of Membership: Pensions and Quarters |
| 2 | Chapter 5 Research Subventions and Ministerial Control |
| 134 | PART III BOTANICAL RESEARCH AT THE ACADEMY |
| 43 | Chapter 6 The Natural History of Plants: Rival Conceptions |
| 53 | Chapter 7 Justifying the Chemical Analysis of Plants |
| 30 | Chapter 8 Ministerial Intervention and an Unexpected Outcome |
| Chapter 9 Analogical Reasoning: The Model |
| Chapter 10 Analogical Reasoning: The Theory |
| 7 | Chapter 11 Chemical and Mechanical Explanation of Physiological Processes |
| 1 | Chapter 12 The New Instruments and Botany |
| 39 | PART IV THE ACADEMY AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY |
| 23 | Chapter 13 Medical Motivations and Social Responsibility |
| 4 | Chapter 14 Scientific Paris at the End of the Century |
| 12 | Chapter 15 Academicians and the Larger Scientific Community |
| PART V THE EFFECTS OF PATRONAGE |
| • | Chapter 16 The Academy as an Instrument of the Crown |
| 97 | NOTES |
| ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE APPENDIX, NOTES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| 5 | APPENDIX THE RECORD OF EXPENDITURE, 1666–1699 |
| NOTES TO APPENDIX |
| • | Table 1 |
| • | Table 2 |
| • | Table 3 |
| • | Table 4 |
| • | Table 5 |
| • | Table 6 |
| • | Table 7 |
| • | Table 8 |
| • | Table 9 |
| • | Table 10 |
| • | Table 11 |
| • | Table 12 |
| • | Table 16 |
| • | Table 17 |
| 10 | BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| 12 | INDEX |