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ELLIOTT CRESSON MEDAL. 



Many other strong testimonials relating to AMERICAN WOODS might 

 be cited, but there could scarcely be a stronger one than the fact that its author 

 has recently been awarded the Elliott Cresson gold medal on account of its 

 production. The medal was awarded by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 

 from a fund (bearing the name of the founder) which the Institute holds in 

 trust for striking and awarding medals in recognition of particularly meritori- 

 ous work in the lines of invention, discovery, ingenuity, etc. The consider- 

 ation of AMERICAN WOODS was taken up entirely on the initiative of the 

 Institute, and it was unanimously decided, through its committee of scientists 

 and experts, that the author of the work was entitled to the Elliott Cresson 

 gold medal. 



