READING OF TELEGRAMS 



BY 



HON. HIESTER CLYMER. 



This evening from across the sea there have come to us, by 

 means which his genius and immortal discovery have made possi- 

 ble, messages, telling of the estimation in which the name and fame 

 of HENRY are held in the Motherland. By the request of the 

 Regents I will read them, so that they may become a part of the 

 record which this nation to-night is making in honor of our greatest 

 son of science since the days of FRANKLIN. 



The first I shall read is from the University of Glasgow: 



LONDON, January 16, 1879. 



"Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, of University of Glasgow, con- 

 gratulates your nation on a perennial possession. HENRY'S name 

 and works are yours forever, though you now mourn the loss of 

 his life among you." 



The next is from the Anglo-American Telegraph Company: 



LONDON, January 16, 1879. 



" The board of directors of this company and myself desire to 

 express our sympathy with the memorial services in honor of the 

 late Professor HENRY, which are to take place in your House of 

 Representatives. We sincerely unite in the grief at this irrepara- 

 ble loss with the relatives and friends of this great man, who has 



rendered such signal services to the science of electricity and to the 



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