480 The Faraday Centenary. [June 17, '91. 



He wished they had been celebrating the centenary with Faraday 

 alive. 



The thanks of the meeting to his Royal Highness having been 

 expressed by acclamation, 



The Trince of Wales acknowledged it as follows : — Ladies and 

 Gentlemen, I feel that I cannot, out of courtesy to yourselves, and 

 of the noble duke who has so kindly proposed the usual thanks, 

 and to Sir William Grove who has given us an interesting speech, 

 pass it by without expressing to you my warmest thanks. It is a 

 great honour and privilege to me to preside on this most interesting 

 and memorable occasion. I have now known this room for thirty-six 

 years, and I agree with Sir William Grove in wishing that we were 

 celebrating the centenary of Faraday alive, and not dead — that he 

 was alive to spend his hundredth birthday among us. I feel every 

 time I come into this room as if I can see him standing there at 

 that table, where he gave his interesting lectures and experiments 

 when I was a boy. I again tender my thanks to you, as I do to 

 Lord Eayleigh, for the most interesting lecture he has given. 



There was an exhibition in the Library of memorials of Faraday 

 kindly lent to the Institution by Miss Jane Barnard and others. 



