Testimonials, submitted to the consideration of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

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[1818?]
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    society selected this subject as worthy of their ex- amination, and he was deputed to manage (lie in- vestigation of it. The result of his labours was a discovery which has been emphatically pronounced by a great Chymist of Europe, to be one of the most important of the 18th century. 1 am moreover well informed, that Mr. Hare did originally deliver in the Chymical Society the true explanation of those phenomena, connected with the decomposition of water, which had baffled the disci- ples of the New Chymistry, to reconcile with its principles, and had given to its adversaries their strongest weapons of attack. This explanation is I believe, now universally adopted both here and abroad. But, sir, I am detailing with unnecessary minute- ness the merits of Mr. Hare. They have already been acknowledged on all hands. Those who know him best and are competent to decide, have born evidence to the extent of his acquisitions in the phi- losophy of the science, to the dexterity of his mani- pulations, and to the peculiar aptitude of his mind to the cultivation of those pursuits. The late Dr. Woodhouse, it is known to many, entertained the highest respect for his attainments, and often re- gretted, that a genius so well adapted to Chymistry could not be applied altogether to its improvement. With respect to the incapacity of Mr. Hare, ari- sing outof his want of a medical education, to which you allude, I must say that it strikes me with no