Reports on the Philadelphia International Exhibition of 1876.

Date:
1877-1878
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Credit: Reports on the Philadelphia International Exhibition of 1876. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    V- T»d,nS 'he object, which I specially examined I may be ^roup XXV., consisting of the following gentlemen :- J g ***** °f *°*»™** I-titute, Professor F. A. P. Barnard, S.T.D., LL.D., Columbia College NY USA Professor J. E. Hilgard, President, Washingtond ^, U S A ' Professor J. C. Watson, Secretary, Ann Arbor, Michigan, ILS A Herr Julius Schiedmayer, Germany. Monsieur M. E. Levasseur, France. Herr P. F. Kupka, Austria. Monsieur Ed. Favre Perret, Switzerland. accordiL* tn «haractfstic feature of the Centennial Exhibition, 1™™g,,fco.WJlch each award appears with a report signed by one or more of the judges on whose individual responsibility it if given with the approval of the judges of the group, I may be allowed to say, that?so far as I fs vpTIT^ *Z f0rming an ,°pinion'this sy§tem work^ ^eU, and that L!fJTU ^apted to secure, as far as rule andmethod can secure, good and useful judgments on the objects exhibited. 8 In conclusion, I may be allowed to say that it was very gratifying to English Z*°rS +to,find the industrieS 0f England and the B^Sh Slonies so w 11 represented as they were in the Centennial Exhibition, and to discover how heartily this British cooperation in their great work was appreciated by the citizens of the United States. The early completion, the excellent arrangements, and the interesting character of the English Department of the Exhibition were subjects of general remark, and much credit is due not only to British inhibitors but to the British Commissioners, both at home and in Phila- tt b t bl eg°°d managemerit this gratifying result is in large measure Feature of Judges' Report. Concluding remarks The University, Glasgow, Dec. 20th, 1876 William Thomson. To Colonel Sandford, R.A., Executive Commissioner for Great Britain and Ireland.
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