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Presentation of the John Scott legacy medal and premium to Halcolm Ellis
Jan.,
1914.1
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE
ON
SCIENCE
.ON SCIENCE
AND AND
PRESENTATION OF THE JOHN SCOTT AND PREMIUM TO HALCOLM
THE ARTS. THE
97
ARTS.
LEGACY ELLIS.
MEDAL
The John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium was presented to Mr. Halcolm Ellis, Mechanical Director of the Ellis Adding Typewriter Company of Newark, N. J,, at the stated meeting of the Institute held Wednesday, November Igth, for his adding typewriter,’ Dr. George A. Woadley, in presenting the recipient of this recognition to the President, said: “ The Franklin Institute has been fortunate in having friends who believe in expressing their friendship in a practical way. It is for this reason that the Directors of the Board of City Trusts of the City of Philadelphia have delegated to The Franklin Institute the honor of presenting to those men and women who have made useful inventions the John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium. “ Some years ago the typewriter made its appearance and won its place in our business life. A few years after that the adding machine and the calculator found their places in our business requirements. Both of these devices have now become invaluable. “ Since that time inventors have been trying to devise a machine that would do the work of both these machines at the same time, so that a person using the typewriter might immediately take up the calculating work without the necessity of leaving the machine. The knowledge of this invention having “ Such a machine has been built. come to The Franklin Institute, the matter was turned over to the ComThe committee recommittee on Science and the Arts for investigation. mended that an investigation be made on the merits of this invention It was found to be a machine which, although made of many parts, had in it simpiicity of design and operation; a machine that had in it a feature that is noticeable in all American-made machinery-interchangeability of parts : a machine of practical value. “ Following the favorable report of the Committee on Science and the Arts, The Franklin Institute recommended to the Board of City Trusts the award of the John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium to the inventor of this machine. *’It therefore gives me great pleasure to present to you Mr. Halcolm Ellis, inventor of the combined adding and typewriting machine.”
PRESENTATION
OF THE JOHN SCOTT LEGACY MEDAL PREMIUM TO C. FRANCIS JENKINS.
AND
On recommendation of the Institute, Mr. C. Francis Jenkins, of Washington, D. C., was awarded the John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium for The presentation was made at the stated his motion picture apparatus” ‘1. F. I., December, ’ Page gj.
1913, p. 723.
1914.1
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE
ON
SCIENCE
.ON SCIENCE
AND AND
PRESENTATION OF THE JOHN SCOTT AND PREMIUM TO HALCOLM
THE ARTS. THE
97
ARTS.
LEGACY ELLIS.
MEDAL
The John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium was presented to Mr. Halcolm Ellis, Mechanical Director of the Ellis Adding Typewriter Company of Newark, N. J,, at the stated meeting of the Institute held Wednesday, November Igth, for his adding typewriter,’ Dr. George A. Woadley, in presenting the recipient of this recognition to the President, said: “ The Franklin Institute has been fortunate in having friends who believe in expressing their friendship in a practical way. It is for this reason that the Directors of the Board of City Trusts of the City of Philadelphia have delegated to The Franklin Institute the honor of presenting to those men and women who have made useful inventions the John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium. “ Some years ago the typewriter made its appearance and won its place in our business life. A few years after that the adding machine and the calculator found their places in our business requirements. Both of these devices have now become invaluable. “ Since that time inventors have been trying to devise a machine that would do the work of both these machines at the same time, so that a person using the typewriter might immediately take up the calculating work without the necessity of leaving the machine. The knowledge of this invention having “ Such a machine has been built. come to The Franklin Institute, the matter was turned over to the ComThe committee recommittee on Science and the Arts for investigation. mended that an investigation be made on the merits of this invention It was found to be a machine which, although made of many parts, had in it simpiicity of design and operation; a machine that had in it a feature that is noticeable in all American-made machinery-interchangeability of parts : a machine of practical value. “ Following the favorable report of the Committee on Science and the Arts, The Franklin Institute recommended to the Board of City Trusts the award of the John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium to the inventor of this machine. *’It therefore gives me great pleasure to present to you Mr. Halcolm Ellis, inventor of the combined adding and typewriting machine.”
PRESENTATION
OF THE JOHN SCOTT LEGACY MEDAL PREMIUM TO C. FRANCIS JENKINS.
AND
On recommendation of the Institute, Mr. C. Francis Jenkins, of Washington, D. C., was awarded the John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium for The presentation was made at the stated his motion picture apparatus” ‘1. F. I., December, ’ Page gj.
1913, p. 723.