. A short history of England and the British Empire. ress during theseventeenth paintings that wehave from this periodare chiefly the worksof foreign artists, n ota b 1 y Van Dyck,whose paintings ofCharles I and the va-rious members of hisfamily are widelyknown. Architecturemay be counted anexception : Sir Chris-topher Wren was anChristopher accomplished builder, though not an original de-Wren, signer, his style being copied from the most notable product of his art is the Cathedral of SaintPauls, which he rebuilt. The style is of the Renaissanceorder which prevailed in
. A short history of England and the British Empire. ress during theseventeenth paintings that wehave from this periodare chiefly the worksof foreign artists, n ota b 1 y Van Dyck,whose paintings ofCharles I and the va-rious members of hisfamily are widelyknown. Architecturemay be counted anexception : Sir Chris-topher Wren was anChristopher accomplished builder, though not an original de-Wren, signer, his style being copied from the most notable product of his art is the Cathedral of SaintPauls, which he rebuilt. The style is of the Renaissanceorder which prevailed in the public edifices of the age. 367. Scientific Progress : the Royal Somewhatgreater progress was made in science. The century opens withSir Francis Bacon, the jurist and philosopher, and closes withthe work of Sir Isaac Newton. Contemporary with Baconwas the eminent physician William Harvey, who discoveredthe circulation of the blood. About the middle of the century 1 Kendall, No. 96; Innes, II, 151-153 2 Gardiner, 631-632. 3 Ibid., John DrydenAfter a portrait by Kneller. SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS: THE ROYAL SOCIETY 393 a few devotees of science began to hold occasional meetings toview and hear the results of scientific investigations. Thisbody grew into the Royal Society, the purpose of The Royalwhich was to study the laws of mathematics, Society-the physical forces of the universe, and the laws and forms ofthe visible world. The society was christened in 1662 and threeyears later began to publish its transactions, which extend incontinuous series to the present day. 1 IK mj If m :£S; : : Choir of St. Pauls, LondonFrom a photograph by W. H. Dudley. The most famous of all the members of the Royal Society was Isaac Newton, who was admitted to membership in 1671. Six years before, it is said, he had observed the _ J Isaac Newton. fall of an apple and had been started on a line ofthought that led to the statement of the law of gravitation;but it was other discoveries i
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