MANAGERS―(Continued) BROLASKY, HENRY C., 1897-1902 BRYSON, JAMES H., 1857-1863 BULKLEY, JAMES H., 1830, 1833-1841 BULLOCK, CHARLES, 1868-1878 BURNHAM, George, 1878 CODMAN, JOHN E., 1892-1894 CONARD, THOMAS P., 1894-1908 CORNELIUS, ROBERT, 1855-1863 1875, 1895-1897 CRESSON, GEORGE V., 1886-1897 DAY, CHARLES, 1908- DODGE, JAMES M., 1896-1903 EASTWICK, ANDREW M., 1836-1844 EREBY, GEORGE, 1854-1866 FRALEY, FREDERICK, 1829, 1848-1854 FRAZIER, GEORGE H., 1898 FRY, WILLIAM, 1825 GARDINER, JOHN, JR., 1864 GARRIGUES, ISAAC B., 1825-1829, 1831 1836 GARRISON, F. LYNWOOD, 1890-1895, 1897-1903 GAWTHROP, HENRY, 1896-1898 GIBSON, J. HOWARD, 1893-1894 GIBSON, JOHN J., 1912-1915 GILDER, JOHN, 1838-1841 GILPIN, THOMAS, 1824 GOBRECHT, CHRISTIAN, 1828-1830 GOLDSMITH, E., 1908 GRAFF, FREDERICK, 1852-1854, 18581865, 1880-1881 GREBLE, EDWIN, 1841-1863 GREENE, STEPHEN, 1898-1908 GRIFFITH, R. EGGLESFIELD, 1870-1871 MANAGERS-(Continued) GRIFFITH, ROBERT E., 1827 HARRISON, JOSEPH, JR., 1854, 1856- HART, SAMUEL, 1865-1870 HOADLEY, GEORGE A., 1911- HORSTMAN, WILLIAM J., 1865-1868 HOWSON, CHARLES HENRY, 1903-1907 HUTCHINSON, CHARLES H., 1888-1890 JAYNE, HARRY W., 1891-1910 JENNINGS, W. N., 1896 JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, 1855-1859 JONES, THOMAS P., 1826 1900 KATEZ, I., 1824 KEATING, WILLIAM H., 1824-1826, 1830-1840 KELLER, HARRY F., 1914- KIRKPATRICK, GEORGE E., 1911-1914 KNEASS, WILLIAM, 1825 KRUMBHAAR, ALEXANDER, 1898-1911 KUHN, C. HARTMAN, 1896-1905 LOUD, THOMAS, 1829-1831 MCCAMBRIDGE, RICHARD, 1876 MCEUEN, THOMAS, 1829 JONES, WASHINGTON, 1859-1895, 1897- MASON, DAVID H., 1824 MASON, JAMES S., 1861 MANAGERS-(Continued) MEGARGEE, CHARLES, 1858 MERRICK, SAMUEL V., 1824-1827, MIFFLIN, LLOYD, 1825-1826 MILES, FREDERICK B., 1874 MITCHELL, J. E., 1874 MORRIS, ISAAC P., 1836-1843 NEW HALL, PAul W., 1843-1844 PARRISH, WILLIAM D., 1838, 18521854 PARRY, CHARLES T., 1864 RALSTON, ASHBEL G., 1825-1830 ROGERS, HENRY D., 1838-1843 RONALDSON, CHARLES E., 1885-1893, 1908-1912 ROSENGARTEN, George D., 1912- RUSH, WILLIAM, 1825 RUST, JAMES I., 1824 SADTLER, SAMUEL P., 1888-1897 SANBORN, E. H., 1907 SARTAIN, JOHN, 1877-1879 SARTAIN, SAMUEL, 1865-1882 SELLERS, COLEMAN, 1862-1866, 1875 1905 MANAGERS (Continued) SELLERS, COLEMAN, JR., 1906-1911 SELLERS, WILLIAM, 1857-1861, 18671892 SHAIN, CHARLES J., 1884-1887 SLOAN, SAMUEL, 1864 SMITH, CHARLES E., 1852-1855 SPANGLER, HENRY W., 1891-1893 STRICKLAND, WILLIAM, 1828 THOMPSON, AMBROSE W., 1839-1843 TRAUTWINE, JOHN C., 1834, 1844, 1852-1857 TRAUTWINE, JOHN C., JR., 1891-1895 TREGO, CHARLES B., 1837-1846 TREVOR, JOHN B., 1832 TROTH, HENRY, 1837-1841 TRYSON, GEORGE W., 1831-1833 WARDER, WILLIAM S., 1825-1827 WETHERILL, JOHN P., 1824-1825 WHITNEY, JOHN R., 1861 1852-1863 WILSON, JOSEPH M., 1869-1886 WOLBORN, CORNELIUS A., 1844-1850 WOLF, OTTO C., 1897-1913 WOOD, ALAN, 1845-1863 WOOD, SAMUEL R., 1824-1825 THE INSTITUTE'S ACTIVITIES THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE was organized in the year 1824 to meet a demand in America for an Institution similar to that founded by Count Rumford in London in 1799. The founders intended it not only as an appropriate memorial to the name of Franklin, but as means of continuing for all time a work which throughout his long life he perhaps regarded as his best, namely, the discovery of physical and natural laws and their application to increase the well-being and comfort of mankind. The Hall of the Institute is located on the east side of Seventh Street, between Market and Chestnut Streets, and was built from plans furnished by John Haviland, architect. The corner-stone was laid with appropriate Masonic and other ceremonies, on the eighth day of June, 1825, at noon. The funds for the purchase of the lot and the erection of the building were provided by the issue of a building loan, which was freely taken by members and friends of the enterprise, and has long since been repaid. The building was completed, and the Institute took possession of all except the second floor (which was occupied by the United States Courts until 1830) in 1826. Upon the first floor are located the lecture-room (capable of accommodating about 300), and laboratories and offices. The second floor is occupied by the library, to which special attention is paid elsewhere. The third floor is given up entirely to the use of the School of Mechanic Arts. THE LIBRARY The plan of the founders contemplated "the formation of a library of books relating to science and the useful arts, and the opening of a readingroom;" and, accordingly, in 1827, the first Committee on Library was appointed. The books forming the nucleus of the library were stored in the residence of a member of the committee until early in the year 1829, when the first reading room was opened. During the next year a special committee of twenty issued an appeal for books and contributions of money in aid of the library. The founding of the JOURNAL, in 1826, by opening the way to the establishment of exchange relations with other societies and with the leading magazines and periodicals devoted to science and the useful arts, proved an invaluable help in promoting its growth, and thus, early, gave to the library the distinctive character which it has since maintained. From the nucleus formed by this useful agency has grown a reference library of scientific literature, in some branches unique, and, in extent and completeness, second to none in the United States, embracing the publications of the principal scientific and technical societies of the world, and the leading periodicals devoted to science and the arts. |