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ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. 



Peter Clare, Secretary of the Manchester (England) Phil. Society. 



Charles Coquerell, for many years reporter of the French Academy of Sciences. 



Sir James Graham Daly ell, an eminent naturalist, and President of the Society for pro- 

 moting the Useful Arts in Scotland. 



M. Daguerre, the discoverer of the Daguerreotype ; aged 62. 



T. S. Duvies, an eminent English mathematician, Professor in the College at Woolwich. 



James De Kay, an eminent American naturalist, editor of the ornithological portion of 

 Natural History of New York. 



Federick Fernbach, at Munich, inventor of the style of painting which bears his name. 



Dr. Frachn, the oldest member of the Imperial Academy at St. Petersburgh, and a dis- 

 tinguished oriental and numismatic scholar. He left a collection of 20,000 rare Eastern coins. 



Dr. Gauladet, celebrated as an instructor of the Deaf and Dumb. 



Dr. B. Goldschmidt, Director of the Observatory at Gottingen, Germany. 



Dr. Haviland, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Cambridge, England. 



Giovanni Inghirami, a celebrated mathematician and astronomer of Tuscany, Italy. 



William Jacob, F. R. S., an English writer on scientific agriculture. 



Dr. Jacobi, an eminent German mathematician. 



Dr. Kidd, Regius Professor at the University of Oxford, England, and author of one of 

 the Bridgewater Treatises. 



Charles Koznig, keeper of the Mineral Department of the British Museum. 



Dr. Lachmann, Professor of Philosophy, University of Berlin, Prussia. 



Conrad Langenbeck, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the University of Gottingen. 



Pierre Lapie, one of the geographical celebrities of France. 



Baron De Leiderer, a celebrated Russian botanist ; aged 65. 



M. Lavy, Member of the Academy of Turin, and of the Council of Mines, Sardinia. 



Dr. Leuret, Physician of the Bicetre, France, well known for his works on mental derange- 

 ment, and on the anatomy of the brain. 



D. Link, Professor of Botany, University of Berlin, Prussia. 



Dr. Mackness, of Hastings, England, author of several elaborate scientific works. 



William Martin, of England, inventor of the High-level Bridge. 



Joshua Milne, London. 



Dubois de Montpereux, the first geological explorer of the Crimea, Caucasus and Arme- 

 nia, Professor in the University of Neufchatel, Switzerland. 



Samuel George Morton, M. D., President of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- 

 phia, and distinguished for his researches and publications on ethnology. 



Dr. Patrick Neill, Secretary of the Wernerian Society, England. 



William Nicol, of Scotland, the inventor of the single image prism of calcareous spar, 

 known as " Nicol's Prism." 



The Marquis of Northampton, late President of the Royal Society of England. 



Professor Oersted, a Danish philosopher, celebrated for his discoveries in electro-inagnet- 

 ism, &c. 5 aged 74. 



Lorenz Oken, of Zurich, Switzerland, the originator of the theory of cranial hornologies, 

 and one of the most celebrated naturalists of the 19th century ; aged 75. 



Richard Phillips, a celebrated English geologist. 



Count Stanislaus Plater, of Poland, a geographical writer of distinction. 



James Richardson, the explorer of Central Africa ; died at Bornou, March. 



Dr. S. Smyth Rogers, for some years Prof, of Chemistry in Trinity College, Conn. 



Edward C. Ross, Prof, of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, N. Y. Free Academy. 



Count Alexander Saluzzo, President of the Academy of Sciences in Turin. 



C. M. Sander, a celebrated German surgeon, and writer on philosophy, archeology, &c. 



M. Savigney, Member of the French Academy, well known for his scientific labors during 

 the French expedition to Egypt. 



M. Schumacher, the celebrated astronomer of Altona, died December 31st, 1850. 



Baron de Silvestre, Member of the French Academy. 



John S. Skinner, Editor of the Plough, Loom and Anvil ; accidentally killed at Baltimore, 

 Md. 



Rev. John Pye Smith, an English Congregational minister, distinguished for his geolog- 

 ical publications and pursuits. 



William Sturgeon, a celebrated English electrician. 



R. Thorpe, M. D., a well-known English anatomist. 



Richard C. Taylor, an eminent geologist and mining engineer ; author of " Statistics 

 of Coal," &c. 



Samuel Veall, a distinguished meteorologist and promoter of science, England. 



James Wallace, Professor of Mathematics, Columbia College, N. Y. 



M. Wahlenburg, a distinguished Swedish geologist and botanist. 



W. West, F. R. S., a chemist of some distinction in England. 



Martin Wilcox, Professor of Mathematics, Cleveland University, Ohio. 



John Wilmot, of England, a distinguished horticulturist. 



