Chapter 1. Parentage: introduction to the royal institution: earliest experiments: first royal society paper: marriage.Chapter 2. Early researches: magnetic rotations: liquefaction of gases: heavy glass: Charles Anderson: contributions to physics. Chapter 3. Discovery of Magneto-electricity: Explanation of Argo's magnetismof rotation: Terrestrial magneto-electric induction: The extra current.Chapter 4. Points of Character.Chapter 5. Identity of electricities; first researches on electro-chemistry. Chapter 6.