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technics and science which is in fact at the 

 root of all this magnificent success. 



In closing permit me to say that it is 

 unique in the history of civilization that 

 the honor and credit for the creation of this 

 enormous material and spiritual wealth is 

 unanimously and ungrudgingly accorded 

 to Sir William Henry Perkin. It is unique 

 that the creator of this vast industry has 

 been so fortunate as to witness its wonder- 

 ful development during fifty years. It 

 is unique that when no longer engaged in 

 the industrial part of our science, he under- 

 took a series of theoretical investigations 

 of the utmost difficulty, which only the 

 most gifted have the courage to attempt, 

 and that in this branch, too, he has con- 

 quered a position as lofty as his fame as 

 a manufacturing chemist. 



The world can not spare such an extraor- 

 dinary man. May he live for many years 

 to come and may his life be replete with 

 health and happiness. 



Hugo Schweitzer, 



ADDRESS OF SIR WILLIAM HENRY PERKIN.^ 

 It is now twenty-two years since I visited 

 the United States. I was attending the 

 first British Assoeiation meeting that was 

 held at Montreal and then extended my 

 visit to Yellowstone Park, returning by 

 Chicago, Washington, Baltimore, Philadel- 

 phia, New York and Boston back to Mon- 

 treal. At that time I certainly never 

 anticipated that in twenty-two years' time 

 I should be in this city at a jubilee cele- 

 bration of the discovery of mauve and the 

 foundation of the coal tar color industry. 

 It was, indeed, quite unexpected and a mat- 

 ter of surprise to me when I heard that an 

 international celebration was about to be 

 inaugurated in my own country, which 

 took place in July last. This included 

 nations on both sides of the world, as you 



^ Given at the banquet tendered to him at Del- 

 monico's, New York City, October 6, 1906. 



sent Dr. Baekeland as a delegate to repre- 

 sent America, but it was a still greater 

 surprise to find that you were not satisfied 

 to merely join the English jubilee, but had 

 determined on having a jubilee celebration 

 of your own in this city, which I should 

 be invited to attend. I can only say how 

 greatly honored I feel and how gratified 

 I am at being present here to-night at this 

 banquet, and meeting so many fellow work- 

 ers in the field of science, and other friends. 

 From the very cordial and friendly recep- 

 tion you have given me, I do not feel at all 

 strange in coming amongst you, especially 

 as I realize how closely we are related to 

 each other by race and language, which 

 naturally engenders a strong feeling of 

 sympathy between us, a feeling which has 

 been so heartily manifested this evening by 

 the warm welcome given by the City of 

 New York, through the Hon, Patrick Mc- 

 Gowan, president of the Board of Alder- 

 men, and also in a practical manner by the 

 presentations given by Dr, Nichols, Mr. 

 Kuttroff and Dr. Hillebrciud, 



The foundation of a medal bearing my 

 name to be annually awarded to an Amer- 

 ican chemist, I feel to be a great honor, 

 especially as I have all my life insisted on 

 the importance of research work, and if 

 this medal should help to encourage and 

 stimulate some chemists to increased activ- 

 ity in this direction, this jubilee celebration 

 will have accomplished a valuable result. 

 And when we consider the advantages you 

 fortunately have in this country by the 

 existence of a very large research fund, 

 we can not but believe that this will be the 

 case. I thank you very sincerely for pre- 

 senting me with this beautiful medal, the 

 first that has been struck, which I value 

 very highly. 



With respect to the beautiful personal 

 token you have presented to me, I scarcely 

 know how to express myself. I am sure it 

 will always be greatly valued not only by 



