Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-31
THE PATENT CENTENNIAL.
Program Arranged for the Celebration In
April.


The President has consented to preside at
the opening ceremonies of the celebration Of
the beginning Of the second century of the
American patent system by inventors and man
ufacturers at Washington April 8.
Subseauen. meetings will be presided over by
the Secretary of the Interior, Hon. Frederick
Fraley. president of the National Board of
Trade; Prof. s. P. Langley, secretary OF the
Smithsonian Institution.
Edison. Bell. Gray, Brush, Thomson, Hous-
ton. Westinghouse and other prominent
inventors are expected to take part in the cele-
bration-
PAPERS TO BE READ.
Addresses are promised as follows;
Edward Atkinson of Massachusetts,, '1nven-
ton in its Effects upon Household Economy"
DR.. John s. Billings, Invention and Dis
covery in Surgery and Medical and Sanitary
Science"
Mr.. Justice Blatchford of the Supreme Court
of the United States, "a Century of Patent
Law"
Prof Cyrus F. Brackett. Henry professor of
physics College Of New Jersey, Princeton.
The Effect of Invention Upon the Progress of
Electrical Science"
Representative Butterworth, THE Effect Of
our Patent System on the Material Develop
ment Of the United States"
Octave Chanute of Illinois, president of the
American Society Of Civil Engineers. ''The
Effect of Invention Upon the Railroad and Other
means of REORGANIZATION"
Prof. +. W. Clarke, U. :. geological survey
THE Relations of Abstract Scientific Research
to Practical Invention. with Special Reference
to Chemistry and Physics"
Senator Daniel. The New South as an Out
growth of Invention and the Amer lean Patent
law"
Maj. Clarence E. Dutton, THE Influence of
Invention upon the Implements and Munitions
Of Modern Warfare"
Thos. Gray, professor of dynamics. Rose
Polytechnic Institute Terre Haute The In
ventors of the Telegraph and Telephone"
Prof. Otis I. Mason. The Birth Of In
vention."
Hon Charles Eliot Mitchell commissioner of
patents, The Birth and Growth Of the Ameri-
can Patent System.
Senator Platt Of Connecticut, United States
Senator. Invention and Advancement"
Col F. A. Seely. principal examiner United
States patent office. international Protection
of Industrial Property"
Hon A. X. Spofford. librarian United States
Congress, The Copyright System of the United
States Its Origin and Its Growth"
Hon. Robert s. Taylor of Indiana, ''The
Epoch Making Inventions of America"
Prof r. III. ThurstOn, director and professor
of mechanical engineering. Sibley College, Cor
nell University, The Inventors Of the Steam
Engine"
VIM. p. Trowbridge of New York, professor
of engineering school of mines. The Effect of
Neurological schools Upon the Progress Of
Invention"
Hon Edwin Willis, assistant secretary of
agriculture. The Relation of Invention to Ag-
-riculture."
Hon. Carroll ID. Wright. commissioner Of
labor, The Relation of Invention to Labor
RECEPTION AT THE PATENT OFFICE
special reception will be given to inventors
and manufacturers and the ladies who accom-
pany them by the Secretary Of the Interior and
the commissioner Of patents on the evening of
April 8, at the patent office, which is being
specially prepared for the occasion.
On the 10th Of April. which is the anniver-
sary OF the signature Of the first American pat
ent law by George Washington. an excursion
will be made 10 Mount Vernon, where an ad-
dress will be delivered by DIR. J. NJ. Toner upon
Washington as AMI Inventor and Promoter
OF Improvements" Meetings for the organize
tion of the National Association Of Inventors
and Manufacturers will be held each day Adj
mission to all the exercises will be by ticket
only. Applications and correspondence should
be addressed TO J. Elfreth Watkins, secretary.
committee headquarters, oll q street north
west