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which he has conducted jointly with Sir William Thom- 

 son. But sufficient, I think, has been here said to show 

 that, in conferring upon Mr. Joule the highest honor of 

 the Koyal Society, the Council paid to genius not only a 

 well-won tribute, but one which had been fairly earned 

 twenty years previously. 1 



1 Lord Beaconsfield has recently honored himself and England by bestowing 

 an annual pension of 200Z. on Dr. Joule. 



