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Honors to "One of America’s Greatest Men of Science, the Late Professor Joseph Henry,” v ELONGING to the educated classes in our country were many scholars, professional men and students cognizant of the reputation and rank 1ic1c1 b Y our distinguished fel- 0 'Itv low-countrynuyi whose name heads this article, but with the masses it was an unfamiliar sound, and his en- richment of scientific learning, especially in the matter of the introconvertibility of electricity and magnetism, it now appears, was unknown in the Old World. The fact that Franklin’s justly celebrated discovery and achievement became more widely known in a less space of time, is due to the differing conditions of environment in which these scientists stood. Franklin was a printer and publicist: his efforts and progress in the field of scientific dis- covery rendered him a notable figure in the early days of our republic, when few men had the opportunity to travel in that path, and also for the reason that lie was able to disseminate his attainments by the aid of bis own printing press ; while at the same time the recognition of his abilities bv the Government of the United States, •r as evinced in his appointment to a highly honorable office which required his pres- ence at the court of Louis XVI., gave him a chance to secure wide publicity for his remarkable exploit. The duties in which Professor Henry was engaged were exacting and laborious, his studies abstruse and his researches ex- haustive. To paint fully the situation, u may be said that lie was entirely engrossed in his studies and gave no thought to re- nown. Wliat wonder is it, then, that another should celebrate his conquest in the field of glory by hoisting tlie flag of victory ? . Two leading journals in this country are now engaged in the noble task of main- taining the claim which during his life- time his contemporaries freely awarded him, of being the discoverer of magneto- eleetricitv. These are The Electrical En- * qineer and The Manufacturer and Build- t