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CHAPTER VI 



WORK IN MANCHESTER, 186272 



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Cotton Famine Recreative Evenings Penny Science Lectures 

 Marriage Public Lectures in London Faraday Herschel 

 Vanadium and other Researches Oxford Professorship 

 Literary Work Macmillan 124 



CHAPTER VII 

 WORK AT MANCHESTER (continued], 1872-80 



British Association, Liverpool and Dublin Post at Bart's Eclipse 

 Expedition, Sicily Noxious Vapours Commission Paris 

 Exhibition, 1878 French Men of Science Owens College 

 Jubilee of Chemical Society Society of Chemical Industry 

 The University of Manchester . . ; .- . . . . 156 



CHAPTER VIII 



TECHNICAL EDUCATION 



Royal Commission, 1882-4 Foreign Experiences Our Report 

 Addresses on Technical Education Royal Commission on 

 Secondary Education 187 



CHAPTER IX 



ORIGINAL RESEARCH 



Original Research as a means of Education University Colleges, 

 Dundee, Liverpool, Birmingham, Sheffield Scottish Uni- 

 versities Commission British Association, Montreal Visit 

 to America Knighthood Presidency of British Association 

 at Manchester Queen's Jubilees Queen's Funeral King's 

 Coronation 218 



CHAPTER X 



CONCLUSION OF WORK IN MANCHESTER 



Resignation of Professorship Member of Parliament for South 

 Manchester Addresses on Retirement My Views on the 

 Teaching of Chemistry Fellow of Eton College . . . 240 



CHAPTER XI 



POLITICAL LIFE 



Entrance to Political Life My Opinions on Politics Contested 

 Elections '85, '86, '92, '95 Mr. Gladstone in the Free 

 Trade Hall Home Rule Legislative Measures proposed 

 Committee on Ventilation and Drainage of the Palace of 

 Westminster Irish Members 257 



