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him, would tell you that ' techne ' meant ' art,' and ' logos ' 

 meant * science,' so that Technology signifies the science of 

 the Arts, as if my derivation did not mean the same. 

 Science in its application to the Useful Arts is the meaning 

 of the word. 



" In short, I will lecture on Dyeing, Glass-making, 

 Porcelain, Baking ; on Hats, Shoes, Bleaching, Ink, Gold, 

 Iron, and, as I said before, things in general. On the 

 objects of my Museum, and the Arts connected with them, 

 my plan will be as follows : If a Shoemaker comes to the 

 Museum, I'll talk to him about nothing but Hats, and screw 

 information out of him about Shoes. When a Hat-maker 

 arrives, I will pour into his ears all the learning I have 

 acquired from the Shoemaker, and extract from the Hatter 

 information to give the Cobbler on his next visit. In this 

 way I hope to do credit to my appointment. ... It will 

 bring me no addition of salary, rather the opposite, but I 

 shall get more rest, and, please God, I will try to do some 

 good in my Museum." 



Before entering on the duties of the approaching Session, 

 a pleasant week was spent in Glasgow, at the meeting of the 

 British Association. 



Of the opening address by the President for that year, 

 George writes, "Last night the Duke of Argyle gave his 

 address. You will see it in full in the newspapers, and find 

 a bit that made my head hang down, about a new Professor- 

 ship. I was glad I was in a quiet corner, when named so 

 unexpectedly." The allusion was the following : " I am 

 happy to say that, in connexion with the New National 

 Museum, which is being organized for Scotland, there is to 

 be a special branch devoted to the industrial applications of 

 Science ; and that a new Professorship, one which has long 

 existed in almost all the continental universities that of 



