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Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania. 



The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, for the promotion of the 



Mechanic Arts, to the President, Council, and Members of The Academy 



of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: 



It is with intimate and sincere satisfaction that the President, Officers and 



Members of the Franklin Institute embrace this opportunity of extending to you 



their warm congratulations upon the completion of a century of brilliant and 



useful work in the wide domain of Natural Science. Organized twelve years 



later for the promotion of Physical Science and its application in the Arts, and 



similarly environed, this Institute has shared with you the intelligent and 



sustained support of the citizens of Philadelphia, and it is from this support, 



generously continued, that we confidently look forward to even greater successes 



for you in the future, than those which have marked your splendid past. 



Henry Howson, 



President. 



R. B. Owens, 



Secretary. 

 Philadelphia, March 19, 1912. 



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