G12 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



Blyth, Mr. Edward. An eminent English zoologist, and prominent as 

 a writer upon the animals of India. Died December 27, 1873, at the age 

 of sixty-two. 



Bourcier, M. Jules. A well-known ornithologist ; a specialist on the 

 subject of humming-birds. 



Brenner, Mr. Richard. A celebrated African traveler. Died at Zan- 

 zibar, April 22, 1874. 



Burdin, M. An eminent French mathematician and engineer ; the first 

 to construct turbine water-wheels ; experimented on heated air as a motive- 

 power before Ericsson. 



Burkart, Dr. H. J. Author of a work and map of the geology of Mex- 

 ico. Died at Bonn, November 6, aged seventy-six. 



Campbell, Dr. Archibald. For many years in the India Service, and 

 at one time superintendent of the Sanitarium at Dargeeling. A high author- 

 ity in every thing connected with the condition and resources of India. 



Chatelier, M. Inspector-General of Mines of France. Distinguished 

 as an engineer ; associated with Sainte-Claude Deville in the manufacture 

 of aluminium from bauxite. 



Chevallier, Professor T. Born October 19, 1794. Died November 4, 

 1873, in the eightieth year of his age. For many years he was professor of 

 mathematics and astronomy in the University of Durham. The first to in- 

 stitute in England regular, continuous observation of the solar spots. 



Cipoletti, Professor DomenicO. Assistant at the Observatory of 

 Florence ; distinguished for his attainments in astronomy. 



Crotch, Mr. Gr. R. Formerly librarian of the University of Cambridge, 

 England ; latterly devoting himself to the study of American insects, and 

 performing important service in this connection. Died June 16, 1874, in 

 Philadelphia. 



Cruveilhier, M. An eminent French physicist and pathologist, and the 

 author of some valuable works. Born at Limoges in 1791. 



De Beaumont, Elie. A French geologist and physicist, and for most 

 of his life connected with the geological survey of France. Born 1792. 



De Ponte'coulant, Count. An eminent French mathematician, and 

 author of several valuable works. Died July 21, at the age of seventy-six. 



Dingier, Dr. E. M. Editor for many years of Dingler's Polytechnic 

 Journal. Died at Augsburg, October 19. 



Donati, Professor. Born at Pisa in 1826. Died near Florence, Sep- 

 tember 20, 1874. Distinguished as an astronomer, and well known as a cul- 

 tivator of celestial spectroscopy. 



Doumaux-Dupe're', M. An explorer. Murdered by the natives while 

 exploring in the Sahara Desert, on the 17th of April, 1874. 



Fairbaim, Sir William. A veteran British engineer. 



