PROCEEDINGS OF TH1 CENTENARY Ml i TING. bar 



Fkanklin Institute t» \\\y patk ok Pennsylvania 



The Franklin Institute of tin- ate of Pennsylvania, for the promotion of thi 

 Mechanic Arts, to the President, Council, and Members of The Acadeim 



of Natural h ienoes of Phihul< Iphia: 



It is with intimate and sincere satisfaction that the Pi sident, Officers and 

 Members of the Franklin Institute embrace this opportunity of extending V u 

 their warm congratulations upon the completion of :i century of brilliant and 



useful work in the wide domain of Natural Science. < >r^ ni*< d twelve years 

 lat< r for the promotion of Physical Science and it* application in the Arts, and 



similarly environed, this Institute has shared with you the intelligent and 

 sustained support of the citizens <»f Philadelphia, and it is from this support, 



H'-nerously continued, that we confidently look forward to even greater successes 

 for you in the future, than those which ha\ marked your splendid pest. 



Henry Howsov 



Pp ident 



B. Owens. 



Philadelphia, March 19, 1912. 

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