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--     t  u nave Ouien nearu nmm caeat l e -")uke ot We 
ters ;" and when the subject of the Exhibition of Indust 
brought before the principal men in Manchester, all said 
,mson s soon as possible." 
common saying of Mr. Thomson, that once become 
are but two courses before you, " the Gazette or the gray 
Id, "do not like the one, so I shall die in harness ;" and h, 
Primrose, near Clitheroe, on the 17th September, in his 
aralysis, which had attacked him so often before, that he 
been dead five times," was the cause of his death. He 
6th Februarv~ 1779.an ~ui mxsse the eater art of. 1 
heart of the cotton-manu I cturin g distict. 
At the age of fifteen he was sent to study at Glasgov 
friendship with Gregory Watt, with James Watt himsel 
bell, the author of "The Pleasures of Hope," &c. But hi 
only a year, and then formed an engagement with the 
adCo., in London. He resided in London for six yean 
Humphry Davy (whom he claimed to have introduced 
Wollaston, and Person, and the most eminent literary 
the day. He left the London counting-house for the est; 
Kirk, near Acerington, where he remained nine years, hs 
time, Cecilia, eldest daughter of the Rev. Thos. Starkie 
In the year 1811 he established himself at Primrose, neq 
followed the occupation of calico-printing for forty years. 
Mr. Thomson was thoroughly conversant with all t 
printing. The chemical department was, however, his f, 
laboratory was furnished with a complete assortment, n 
fitted for the purposes of testing, but with that used b 
in all the refinements of his research. The scientific hib 
laboratory is one of the most complete chemical libraries 
Thomson used to engage chemists at considerable salari, 
laboratory, and among others may be mentioned Dr. Lyoi 
accustomed to speak with delight of the intellectuality c 
meter during his residence with him. His general attain 
order. He had the peculiar faculty of obtaining all the ess( 
without muchstudy. Rarely found to read a book throu 
knack of extracting and making himself master of its pri 
fund of information was very extensive, and of that ehar 
it available in conversation. His general library was 
selected, particularly in the fine arts. The excellent and 
daughters made this a prominent object of study at Prin 
of works of art is not extensive, but generally Nwll cl 
selection has , been m-1h in,n,,- 1- +1,- 1-"- +--- 
, where he f( 
f, and Thoma: 
o remained at 
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