ADDRESS 



[Delivered on the occasion of the unveiling of Joule's statue 

 in Manchester Town Hall, December jt/t, 1893.] 



I THANK the Committee for the great honour it 

 has done me in asking me to be present upon 

 an occasion so full of interest to the city of 

 Manchester, and certainly most interesting to 

 myself personally. The proceedings which have 

 just taken place have given Manchester the 

 possession of a work of art which will remain 

 an ornament and an honour to the city. I am 

 afraid if I were to say even a small part of what I 

 feel upon this occasion I should tax the patience of 

 my audience to an intolerable degree. At the same 

 time I believe you would all wish to hear some- 

 thing of Joule's work. 



Joule's work began in Manchester, was carried 

 on in Manchester, and finished in Manchester. It 

 began very early, when he was only nineteen years 

 of age. He was not altogether a self-taught man 

 in science. After a good ordinary school education, 

 he had the inestimable benefit of the personal 



