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AT a meeting of a Committee appointed by the Council of the Royal Society to set on foot a memorial to the late James Prescott Joule, held on November 30 last, at Burlington House, it was unanimously resolved that a fund should he raised for a memorial of an international character commemorative of the life-work of Joule. This memorial will have for its object the encouragement of research in physical science. It is proposed also that a tablet or bust shall be erected to his memory in London, a Manchester Memorial Committee having already taken steps to ensure a suitable monument in his native city. Joule's discoveries were of such commanding importance that there can be no doubt as to the success of this movement. The Committee feel confident not only that men of science will gladly contribute towards a fund to do honour to Joule's memory, and to assist others to follow in his footsteps, but that those who. devote themselves to the practical application of scientific principles will also be anxious to aid in the promotion of a fitting memorial of one whose work has exerted so great an influence on industry.