科普利獎章
歷屆得主 > 1731-1800

| 年份 | 获奖者 | 肖像 | 获奖理由 | 注 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1731年 | 斯蒂芬·格雷 |  | "For his new Electrical Experiments: – as an encouragement to him for the readiness he has always shown in obliging the Society with his discoveries and improvements in this part of Natural Knowledge" |  |
| 1732年 | 斯蒂芬·格雷 |  | "For the Experiments he made for the year 1732" |  |
| 1733年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1734年 | 约翰·西奥菲勒斯·德札古利埃 |  | "In consideration of his several Experiments performed before the Society" |  |
| 1735年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1736年 | 约翰·西奥菲勒斯·德札古利埃 |  | "For his experiments made during the year" |  |
| 1737年 | 约翰·贝尔希耶（英语：） |  | "For his Experiment to show the property of a Diet of Madder Root in dyeing the Bones of living animals of a red colour" |  |
| 1738年 | 詹姆斯·瓦卢（英语：） |  | "For his invention of an Engine for driving the Piles to make a Foundation for the Bridge to be erected at Westminster, the Model whereof had been shown to the Society" | — |
| 1739年 | 史蒂芬·黑尔斯（英语：） |  | "For his Experiments towards the Discovery of Medicines for dissolving the Stone; and Preservatives for keeping Meat in long voyages at Sea" |  |
| 1740年 | 亚历山大·斯图尔特（英语：） |  | "For his Lectures on Muscular Motion. As a further addition for his services to the Society in the care and pains he has taken therein" |  |
| 1741年 | 约翰·西奥菲勒斯·德札古利埃 |  | "For his Experiments towards the discovery of the properties of Electricity. As an addition to his allowance (as Curator) for the present year." |  |
| 1742年 | 克里斯托弗·米德尔顿（英语：） |  | "For the communication of his Observations in the attempt of discovering a North-West passage to the East Indies through Hudsons Bay" |  |
| 1743年 | 亚伯拉罕·特朗布雷（英语：） |  | "For his Experiments on the Polypus" | — |
| 1744年 | 亨利·贝克 |  | "For his curious Experiments relating to the Crystallization or Configuration of the minute particles of Saline Bodies dissolved in a menstruum" |  |
| 1745年 | 威廉·沃森 |  | "On account of the surprising discoveries in the phenomena of Electricity, exhibited in his late Experiments" |  |
| 1746年 | 本杰明·罗宾斯 |  | "On account of his curious Experiments for showing the resistance of the Air, and his rules for establishing his doctrine thereon for the motion of Projectiles" |  |
| 1747年 | 戈温·奈特（英语：） |  | "On account of several very curious Experiments exhibited by him, both with Natural and Artificial Magnets" |  |
| 1748年 | 詹姆斯·布拉德雷 |  | "On account of his very curious and wonderful discoveries in the apparent motion of the Fixed Stars, and the causes of such apparent motion" |  |
| 1749年 | 约翰·哈里森 |  | "On account of those very curious Instruments, invented and made by him, for the exact mensuration of Time" |  |
| 1750年 | 乔治·爱德华兹（英语：） |  | "On account of a very curious Book lately published by him, and intiyled, A Natural History of Birds, &c. – containing the Figures elegantly drawn, and illuminated in their proper colours, of 209 different Birds, and about 20 very rare Quadrupeds, Serpents, Fishes, and Insects." |  |
| 1751年 | 约翰·坎通 |  | "On account of his communicating to the Society, and exhibiting before them, his curious method of making Artificial Magnets without the use of Natural ones" |  |
| 1752年 | 约翰·普林格（英语：） |  | "On account of his very curious and useful Experiments and Observations on Septic and Anti-septic Substances, communicated to the Society" |  |
| 1753年 | 班傑明·富蘭克林 |  | "On account of his curious Experiments and Observations on Electricity" |  |
| 1754年 | 威廉·刘易斯（英语：） |  | "For the many Experiments made by him on Platina, which tend to the discovery of the sophistication of gold: – which he would have entirely completed, but was obliged to put a stop to his further enquiries for want of materials" |  |
| 1755年 | 约翰·赫克萨姆（英语：） |  | "For his many useful Experiments on Antimony, of which an account had been read to the Society" |  |
| 1756年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1757年 | 查尔斯·卡文迪什（英语：） |  | "On account of his very curious and useful invention of making Thermometers, showing respectively the greatest degrees of heat and cold which have happened at any time during the absence of the observer" |  |
| 1758年 | 约翰·多伦德 |  | "On account of his curious Experiments and Discoveries concerning the different refrangibility of the Rays of Light, communicated to the Society" |  |
| 1759年 | 约翰·斯密顿（英语：） |  | "On account of his curious Experiments concerning Water-wheels and Wind-mill Sails, communicated to the Society. For his experimental enquiry concerning the powers of water and wind in the moving of Mills" |  |
| 1760年 | 本杰明·威尔逊（英语：） |  | "For his many curious Experiments in Electricity, communicated to the Society within the year" “因为他在电学方面进行了许多有趣的实验，并在年内向学会汇报了这些实验” |  |
| 1761年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1762年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1763年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1764年 | 约翰·坎通 |  | "For his very ingenious and elegant Experiments in the Air Pump and Condensing Engine, to prove the Compressibility of Water, and some other Fluids" “因他在空气泵和冷凝机方面进行了非常巧妙和优雅的实验，证明了水和一些其他流体的压缩性” |  |
| 1765年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1766年 | 威廉·布朗里格 |  | "For an experimental enquiry into the Mineral Elastic Spirit, or Air, contained in Spa-Water; as well as into the Mephitic qualities of this Spirit." |  |
| 1766年 | 爱德华·迪拉沃（英语：） |  | "For his Experiments and Observations on the agreement between the specific gravities of the several Metals, and their colours when united to glass, as well as those of their other preparations." |  |
| 1766年 | 亨利·卡文迪什 |  | "For his Paper communicated this present year, containing his Experiments relating to Fixed Air." |  |
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| 1770年 | 威廉·汉密尔顿 |  | "For his Paper, entitled, An Account of a Journey to Mount Etna" “因其论文《埃特纳火山旅记》” |  |
1771年: 
| 1772年 | 約瑟夫·普利斯特里 |  | "On account of the many curious and useful Experiments contained in his observations" “因他对不同种类的空气进行了许多有趣而有用的实验” |  |
1773年: 
| 1774年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1775年 | 内维尔·马斯基林 |  | "In consideration of his curious and laborious Observations on the Attraction of Mountains, made in Scotland, – on Schehallien" |  |
| 1776年 | 詹姆斯·庫克 |  | "For his Paper, giving an account of the method he had taken to preserve the health of the crew of H.M. Ship the Resolution, during her late voyage round the world. Whose communication to the Society was of such importance to the public" |  |
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1778年: 
| 1779年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1780年 | 塞缪尔·文斯（英语：） |  | "For his paper, entitled, An investigation of the Principles of Progressive and Rotatory Motion, printed in the Philosophical Transactions" |  |
| 1781年 | 威廉·赫歇尔 |  | "For the Communication of his Discovery of a new and singular Star; a discovery which does him particular honour, as, in all probability, this star has been for many years, perhaps ages, within the bounds of astronomic vision, and yet till now, eluded the most diligent researches of other observers" |  |
1782年: 
| 1783年 | 约翰·古德利克 |  | "For his discovery of the Period of the Variation of Light in the Star Algol." |  |
| 1783年 | 托马斯·哈钦斯（英语：） |  | "For his Experiments to ascertain the point of Mercurial Congelation." |  |
| 1784年 | 爱德华·华林 |  | "For his Mathematical Communications to the Society. For his Paper On the Summation of Series, whose general term is a determinate function of z the distance from the first term of the series" |  |
1785年: 
| 1786年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1787年 | 约翰·亨特 |  | "For his three Papers, – On the Ovaria, On the identity of the dog, wolf, and jackall species, and On the anatomy of Whales, printed in the Philosophical Transactions for 1787" |  |
| 1788年 | 查爾斯·布拉格登（英语：） |  | "For his two Papers on Congelation, printed in the last (78th) volume of the Philosophical transactions" |  |
1789年: 
| 1790年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
1791年: 
| 1792年 | 本杰明·汤普森 |  | "For his various Papers on the Properties and Communication of Heat" |  |
| 1793年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1794年 | 亚历山德罗·伏特 |  | "For his several Communications explanatory of certain Experiments published by Professor Galvani" | — |
| 1795年 | 杰西·拉姆斯登（英语：） |  | "For his various inventions and improvements in the construction of the Instruments for the Trigonometrical measurements carried on by the late Major General Roy, and by Lieut. Col. Williams and his associates" |  |
| 1796年 | 乔治·阿特伍德 |  | "For his Paper on the construction and analysis of geometrical propositions determining the positions assumed by homogeneal bodies which float freely, and at rest; and also determining the Stability of Ships and other floating bodies" |  |
| 1797年 | 未頒發 |  |  |  |
| 1798年 | 乔治·沙克伯勒-伊夫林爵士 |  | "For his various Communications printed in the Philosophical Transactions." |  |
| 1798年 | 查理斯·哈契特 |  | "For his Chemical Communications printed in the Philosophical Transactions." |  |
| 1799年 | 约翰·黑林斯（英语：） |  | "For his improved Solution of a problem in Physical Astronomy, &c. printed in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1798; and his other Mathematical Papers" |  |
| 1800年 | 愛德華·查爾斯·霍華德 |  | "For his Paper on a New Fulminating Mercury" |  |