41 G ANNUAL KECOKD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



Brooks, Lewis. A munificent friend of learning by his contributions 

 to the educational facilities of various establishments. Born at Milford, 

 Conn., in 1703. Died at Rochester, N. Y., in the eighty-fourth year of his 

 age. 



Carpenter, Dr. P. P. Born in 1 807. Died at Montreal, May 24th. A 

 distinguished conchologist ; especially devoted to the study of the shells of 

 the Pacific ; the author of numerous papers, based principally on the collec- 

 tion of the British Museum and of the National Museum at "Washington ; 

 those among the more important being a work on the shells of Mazatlan, 

 lists of the shells of the west coast of America, and a monograph (nearly 

 completed) on the shells of the Chiton group. 



Cazin, Professor. A member of the French Transit of Venus Expedi- 

 tion to the island of St. Paul, contracting there the disease of which he died 

 in Paris. 



Cerf, Mademoiselle Henrietta. Author of various articles on the 

 botany of Kent and Belgium. Died at Brussels, October 22d. 



Cheyne, C. H. Author of a work on the planetary theory. Died on the 

 1st of January, at the age of thirty-eight. 



Compiegne, Marquis de. A well-known African explorer. Killed in 

 a duel at Cairo, on the 22d of February, at the age of thirty. 



Conrad, Timothy Abbott. An accomplished paleontologist, and au- 

 thor of many valuable papers on recent and fossil shells. Born in 1803. 



Credner, Professor Heinrich. A mining engineer. Author of a work 

 on the geology of Thuringia and the Ilarz, etc. Born in 1809. Died Sep- 

 tember 28th. 



CrOSS, George. Member of the Chester Natural History Society. An 

 efficient teacher in the British Science and Art Department. Died April 

 16th, at the age of forty. 



Danby, Professor John. Author of a Botany of the Southern United 

 States. Died in August, at the age of seventy-three. 



Davis, Captain J. E. Well known from his connection with the hydro- 

 graphic department of the Admiralty, and as master of the Terror on the 

 Arctic Exploring Expedition under Sir James Ross. Author of a series 

 of articles upon the hydrographic and other operations of the Challenger. 

 Died in January, at the age of sixty-one. 



Davis, Rear-Admiral Charles Henry. An accomplished American 



naval officer, and well known for his scientific attainments. Author of a pa- 

 per on " The Law of the Deposit of the Flood Tides " and other essays ; for 

 many years charged with the publication of the Nautical Almanac; editor 

 of the American edition of the "Theoria Motus" of Gauss; at one time 

 Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and also Superintendent of the Naval 

 Observatory. 



