270 Address of Sir William Thompson. 
maintenance of such an observatory; but, happily for science, 
the zeal of individual fellows of the Royal Society and members 
of the British Association gave the initial impulse, supplied the 
necessary initial funds, and recommended their new Institution 
successfully to the fostering care of the British Association. 
Physical Observatories and Laboratories. 
The success of the Kew Magnetic and Meteorological Obse™ 
vatory affords an example of the ‘great gain to be earned 10? 
tories for experimental research, to be co : 
ire whose duties should be, not teaching, but experi nen 
hether we look to the honor of England, as a nation whic 
ought always to be the foremost in promoting physical sciene® 
_ OF to those vast economical advanta — 
: such establishments, ‘Wwe cannot but feel that experimental ci 
