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1878. Letter to Joseph Patterson, Esq., of Philadelphia, on the " Joseph 

 Henry Fund." (Dated Jan. 10.) Public Ledger and Tran- 

 script, May 14, 1878. The Press, of Philadelphia, May 14, 

 1878. 



1878. Report on the Yentilation of the Hall of the House of Represen- 

 tatives. (Jan. 26.) 45th Oong. 2nd Sess. H. R. Report, No. 

 119, pp. 1-6. 



1878. Report on the Use of the Polariscope in Saccharometry. (Feb. 5.) 

 Mis. Doc. 45th Cong. 2nd Sess. H. R. 



1878. Opening Address before National Academy of Sciences. (Read 

 April 16.) Proceedings Nat. Acad. Sci., vol. i. part 2, pp. 

 127, 128. 



1878. Closing Address before National Academy of Sciences. (Read 

 April 19.) Proceedings Nat. Acad. Set., vol. i. part 2, pp. 

 129, 130. 



Adjourned Meeting. November 2, 1878. 



Continued Memorial Meeting. 



Yice-Presideut Welling in the Chair. 



Mr. Peter Parker read the following address commemorative 



of 



joseph henry. 



Mr. President and Members op the 



Philosophical Society op Washington : 

 I desire to say a few words in memory of our lamented Presi- 

 dent, Joseph Henry. Many have already pronounced his eulogy 

 and set forth his rare talents and influence upon the world, and I 

 need not, and could not well were I to attempt it, add to your 

 appreciation of Professor Henry, his life and character as a 

 friend, scientist, his eminent services in the department of sci- 

 ence, and as a Christian the highest type of man. For twenty 

 years I have been intimately acquainted with Professor Henry, 

 and happily associated with him in many ways; for ten years as 

 a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. / have never known 

 a more excellent man. His memory has been much on my mind 

 since he left us, and I often find myself inquiring how he, and 

 others like him, are occupied now? His connection with time 

 is severed, but his existence continues. When I recall the names 

 of Bache, of Page, of Agassiz, and Henry, and others of sim- 

 ilar intellect and virtues, I detect myself asking the question. Are 

 to them all consciousness and thought now suspended by separa- 



