620 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



Delaunay, M. Director of the Paris Observatory. Drowned during 

 the summer of 1872, on the coast of Normandy, by the upsetting of a boat. 



Duhamel, M. Known as a physicist, especially in the line of acoustics 

 and heat. Died at Paris, April 29th. 



Eisenlohr, William. Born January 1st, 1790. Died July 9th. Pro- 

 fessor of physics for a time on the Polytechnicum at Karlsruhe, and director 

 of the Mannheim Observatory. 



EnyS, J. S., of Penrhyn, Wales. A patron of science, and a supporter 

 of the Royal Cornwall Institution. Died at the age of 76. 



Fraser, Professor John F. Long connected with the American Phil- 

 osophical Society and Franklin Institute, and professor of physics in the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania. Died October 12th, aged 61. 



Hubbard, Dr. Resident of Staten Island. Much interested in the 

 study of American conchology. 



Goldstlicker, Dr. Theodore. Professor of Sanskrit in the University 

 College, London, and president of the London Philological Society ; a native 

 of Germany. 



Granville, Dr. A. B. One of the oldest Fellows of the Royal Society, 

 London. Died in London, March 3d, aged 88. 



Gray, George Robert. Assistant-keeper of the zoological department 

 of the British Museum, and one of the most distinguished of modern orni- 

 thologists. Author of numerous hand-books and articles on birds of great 

 value, among them one in three quarto volumes on the genera of birds. 

 Died at the age of 61. 



Hill, Mr. Charles, of Bristol, England. Proprietor of a private astro- 

 nomical observatory. Died June 27th, aged 78. 



Hooker, Lady. Widow of Sir William Hooker. Died at Torquay, 

 aged 77. 



Jackson, Dr. Samuel. Formerly professor of the institutes of medi- 

 cine in the University of Pennsylvania, and author of several text-books, 

 among them "The Principles of Medicine." Died in Philadelphia, April 

 5th, aged 85. 



Jerdon, Dr. Thomas C. An author of several works upon the birds of 

 India, and engaged on several treatises upon mammals and birds at the time 

 of his death. Died in England, January 12th, aged 61. 



Kaiser, Professor. Born at Amsterdam. Director of the Leyden Ob- 

 servatory, and professor of astronomy in the Leyden University. Editor of 

 the "Annals of the Leyden Observatory." Died July 28th, aged 61. 



Kessler, Charles. An ardent student and collector in entomology, espe- 

 cially of Lejndopt-era. Died at Reading, Pennsylvania, December 26th, 1871 , 

 aged 66. 



King, John. Born at Antrim, December 1 5th, 1 838. Died at St. Kilda, 

 Victoria, January 8th. A prominent Australian explorer. 



Klebsch. A mathematician. Died at Copenhagen at the age of 10. 



