The Fifty-First Annual Report, 1883 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Fifty-First Annual Report, 1883 Mr. Robert Fox then came forward, and on behalf of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society begged to present to his Lordship some of those who had been most actively engaged in the work which the noble Earl had so happily inaugurated that day. He began by introducing Mr. Harry Tilly, chairman of the Building Committee of the Observatory and a vice-president of the Society, a constant attender of the committee meetings and in his Lordship's absence ably presiding over them. Next came Mr. Wilson L. Fox, the hon. Secretary of the Meteorological Department of the Polytechnic Society, which department he had most efficiently superintended for the last seven years: a great amount of the weight of arranging the details of the specifications with the architect and the builders, had fallen on his shoulders. (applause.) He next presented Mr. E. Kitto, secretary of the Royal Comwall Polytechnic Society since 1873, and who, since the foundation of the Observatory in 1868, had been respectively assistant observer and observer-in-chief. He thought it not too much to say that the satisfactory carrying out of the meteorological work, and to a great extent the success of the Polytechnic Society of late years, was largely due to his efforts. (applause.) He then introduced Mr. A. T regelles, the architect, who had done his best to obtain a building thoroughly fitted for the purposes of an observatory, at a moderate outlay. And lastly he presented Mr. T. R. Olver, the builder, a gentleman who had met the com mittee in a most obliging spirit, and in whom they had every confidence that the work would be well carried out. (applause.) 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.