228 A Tribute to the Memory of 
liberality, which confers the highest honour 
upon him, he freely communicated his im- 
portant results, not only to his philosophical 
friends, but to those who were likely to be 
benefited by them in practice. Among the 
former was Mr. Watt of Birmingham, who. 
happened at that time to be in Paris, and 
who was the first person in this country to 
carry the discovery into effect, by bleaching 
several hundred pieces of linen by the new 
process, at the works of a relative near Glas- 
gow. Mr. Henry, also, having received an 
indistinct account of the new method, but 
not knowing precisely in what it consisted, 
immediately set about investigating the steps 
of the operation ; and in this he was fortunate 
enough to succeed. Soon afterwards, an at~ 
tempt was made by some foreigners, who 
themselves had acquired their information. 
from Berthollet, to turn the process to their 
own advantage, by obtaining a patent; and 
having failed in that, by applying for a par- 
liamentary grant of an exclusive privilege of 
using it fora certain number of years. Against 
the former, a strong Memorial (which is now 
before the writer,) was presented by Mr. 
Henry to the Attorney and Solicitor General ; 
and effectual opposition was made to the latter, 
by a public meeting of the inhabitants of 
