lion. Edmund Burke, at the request of several gentlemen, examined 

 tlie Letters Patent of Prof. Njee, and gave a written opinion, wliicli 

 was to the effect tliat they covered the entire ground claimed by Prof. 

 Nyce, and that they perfectly secured the process of preserving fruits 

 under the patents, to the parties to whom the same might be conveyed. 



COXCLUDING SENTENCE OF HON. EDMUND BURKe's REPORT UPON 

 THE LETTERS PATENT OF PROF. B. M. NYCE. 



" Tlie prominent reason, which convinces me more than all others of 

 the novelty and originality of Prof. Nyce's invention, is to be found in 

 the fact, that it accomplishes that which has never before been attained, 

 viz.: The preservation of fruit for a series of months, if not years, in a 

 sound and perfect state. The logical deduction is, that it embodies a 

 new and original principle never before made practical by any process 

 or mechanical contrivance hitherto discovered or invented." 



"We subjoin statements and letters from eminent gentlemen in other 

 cities. 



