Excerpt from Commemorative Exercises at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Franklin Institute, of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts: Held on Friday Evening, February 6, 1874, at the Musical Fund Hall At the stated meeting of the Franklin Institute, held in December, 1873, the president called attention to the fact that an entry in the first minute book showed that during the latter part of the year 1823 preliminary meetings were held in the city of Philadelphia, which led to the foundation of the Institute during the early part of 1824. He stated that the propriety of some formal recognition by the Society of the completion of its first fifty years had been discussed among some of its older members. Upon motion of Mr. Hector Orr, a resolution was passed, appointing a committee to consist of five members, including the president of the Institute, as chairman, to devise and carry out an appropriate celebration of the Anniversary. The committee consisted of Messrs. Coleman Sellers, Hector Orr, Frederick Fraley, Bloomfield H. Moore, and William P. Tatham. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.