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THE congratulatory dinner given at Cambridge on Saturday last to Sir J. J. Thomson, Master of Trinity, will long be cherished in the memory by all who were privileged to take part in it. The occasion was Sir Joseph's seventieth birthday, and the celebration was arranged by the Cavendish Society, which consists of past and present students of the Cavendish Laboratory, together with members of the staff. Sir Ernest Rutherford occupied the chair, and about 130 other members of the Society were present, while numerous messages of affection and esteem were sent by old students who are carrying on the Cavendish tradition of faithful work and productive insight in many paits of the world. To all of these, ‘J. J.’ is, what man finally became to Wordsworth, “an object of delight, of pure imagination and of love.” He is the uncrowned king of physical science, and it is an honour and an inspiration to have come within his sphere of influence. Something of the spirit of devotion which he creates in all who have been associated with him is expressed in the following address, which was presented to Sir Joseph at the dinner, bearing the signatures of 230 of his disciples:—
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News and Views. Nature 118, 922–925 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118922a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118922a0