TWENTY.FOURTH ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS, 



Before the American Institute, of the city of New- York, 

 at the Tabernacle, on the 16th of Octoher, 1851. 



BY CHARLES T. JACKSOV, M. D., F. C. S. F. 



Mr. President and Gentlernen of the American Institute of ^ew- 

 York : 



Ladies and Gentlemen — From the urgent duties of an active 

 professional life, surrounded by the calls of Manufacturers, Mi- 

 ners, Agriculturists, and Merchants, I come from the fumes, acids, 

 alkalis, and salts of the laboratory, to address you this evening, 

 near the close of your grand exhibition of the arts and manufac- 

 tures of our country. 



Deeply impressed with the inadequacy of my own learning or 

 talents to do justice to the rich display of the products of Ameri- 

 can art which you have laid before an admiring public, I must 

 ask your indulgence toward the few thoughts which I shall 

 endeavor to bring for your consideration, concerning the 

 Ekcouragemext and Ctltivation of the Sciences in the United 

 States. 



Any attempt to offer more than the most simple and elemen- 

 tary view of this important subject, will be out of my power in 

 the short space of time we shall have to spend together in this 

 hall 



I have chosen this subject because I deem it one of vital iat«- 

 rest to all concerned in the practical arts 3 for science has beem 



