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Russia. 1
Austria 0
England 1
Holland 2
Denmark 7
France 1
Sardinia 0
Prussia 95
Bavaria 12
Hanover 5
Saxony 21
Wirtemburg 2
Sweden 13
Naples 1
Poland 3
German States 43

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Berlin 172

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The proportion in which the cultivators of different sciences appeared, was not easy to ascertain, because there were few amongst the more eminent who had not added to more than one branch of human knowledge. The following table, though not professing to be very accurate, will afford, perhaps, a tolerably fair view:—

Geometers 11
Astronomers 5
Natural Philosophers 23

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Mines. 5
Mineralogy 16
Geology. 9

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Chemistry 18
Geography 8
Anatomy 12
Zoology 14
Natural History 8
Botany 35

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Physicians. 175
Amateurs 9
Various 33

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A medal was struck in commemoration of this meeting, and it was proposed that it should form the first of a series, which should comprise all those persons most celebrated for their scientific discoveries in the past and present age.