| Citation | Mr Joseph Poli, Officer of the Royal Battalion of Cadets at Naples, and Member of the Royal military Academy there, and also of the Academies of Bologna, Siena, and Florence; having been resident upwards of six months in this kingdom, and residingat present in South Street Berkley Square; being conversant in Mathematics, Anatomy, Botany, and other branches of natural Philosophy, and author of several books relating to natural philosophhy and military History, and being desirous of being elected a fellow of the Royal Society upon the home List; We, whose names are underwritten, do, from our personal knowledge of him or his writings, recommend him as deserving that honor, and likely to prove a worthy and useful Member |