BRIDGEWATER, TRATADOS

Tratados Bridgewater es una serie de libros escritos de acuerdo al testamento de Francis Henry Egerton, octavo conde de Bridgewater (muerto el 11 de febrero de 1829), quien dejó 8.000 libras a la Royal Society, para que fueran pagadas a uno o varios autores, seleccionados por el presidente, que escribieran un tratado "sobre el poder, sabiduría y voluntad de Dios manifestadas en la creación." Se seleccionaron los siguientes ocho autores y se publicaron sus tratados (12 volúmenes, Londres, 1833–36): (1) Thomas Chalmers, The Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Condition of Man; (2) John Kidd, The Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man; (3) William Whewell, Astronomy and General Physics considered with Reference to Natural Theology; (4) Charles Bell, The Hand, its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design; (5) Peter Mark Roget, Animal and Vegetable Physiology considered with Reference to Natural Theology; (6) William Buckland, Geology and Mineralogy considered with Reference to Natural Theology; (7) William Kirby, The Habits and Instincts of Animals with Reference to Natural Theology; (8) William Prout, Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion considered with Reference to Natural Theology.