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with Sturgeon himself. The Literary and Philoso- 

 phical Society of Manchester has the distinguished 

 honour of having been the cradle of Joule's 

 scientific childhood when it was Dalton's home, 

 and of being afterwards Joule's life-long scientific 

 harbour. From those early days he kept constantly 

 in touch with that Society. Many of his most 

 important papers were first given to the world 

 there, and during the last years of his life he was 

 an exceedingly regular, it might almost be said a 

 constant, attendant at the meetings of the Society. 



An interesting and sympathetic memoir of 

 Joule, with much important scientific information 

 and judgment regarding his work, by Professor 

 Osborne Reynolds, constitutes the sixth volume of 

 the fourth series of its " Memoirs and Proceedings." 



The citizens of Manchester do not require to be 

 told what great things their Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Society in its rather more than a 

 century's existence has done for them and for the 

 world. Your being here in such numbers on the 

 present occasion shows how much you appreciate 

 the results of that very effective scientific institu- 



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