the late Mr. Henry. q 225 
sophy and Chemistry. Mr. Henry, assisted 
by a son, whose loss he had afterwards to de- 
plore, and whose promising talents and at- 
tainments obtained for him, at an early period 
of life, a mark of the approbation of this So- 
ciety,* delivered several courses of Lectures 
on Chemistry to numerous and attentive au- 
diences. From causes, whichitis not easy to 
trace, but among which, I believe, may be 
reckoned, a’ superstitious dread of the ten- 
dency of science to unfit young men for the or- 
dinary details of business, this excellent In- 
stitution fell into decay. Mr. Henry, howe- 
yer, continued his lectures long after its de- 
cline, until deprived of the services of his son, 
by the prosecution of views at a distance, when 
he found that his own leisure was not, of itself, 
adequate to the necessary preparations.’ 
That the scheme of establishing in Man- 
chester a College of Arts and Sciences (for 
‘so it was entitled) was nota visionary project, 
but one, which appeared feasible and promis- 
ing to men of sense and knowledge at a dis- 
tance, is shewn by the following extracts from 
letters addressed to Mr. Henry, in reply to 
* See Dr. Percival’s eloquent address to Mr. Thomas 
Henry, Junior, on presenting to him the silver medal of the 
Society Memoirs of the Society, Vou.1. page 513, 
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