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wool, for which he received from the same Society 100 guineas, and of various other ma- 

 chines. 



C. Hullmandel, celebrated for his improvements in lithography, for which he received 

 a gold medal from the King of the French. 



Johnson, patentee of an anti-combustible rope. 



Rev. William Kirby, the father of English entomology, and the author of many works 

 upon this subject, the best known of which is the " Introduction to Entomology," written 

 in connection with Mr. Spence. He was Honorary President of the Entomological Society 

 of London, and Fellow of the Royal, Linneean, Geological, and Zoological Societies of the 

 same city. 



Prof. Kolderup, of the University of Copenhagen. 



Charles Kunth, Professor in the University of Berlin. In descriptive botany he gained 

 great reputation. It was he who arranged and described the American plants collected 

 by Humboldt and Bonpland. 



Darius Lapham. 



John Lowry, formerly Professor of Mathematics in the Royal College of Lindhurst. 



M. Marjulin, a distinguished physician of Paris, and Professor in the Faculty of Medi- 

 cine in that city. 



Oliver H. Matthews, an eminent minins engineer, member of the Royal Geological So- 

 ciety, England, and of the Boston Natural History Society. 



Dr. M'Fadyn, an English botanist of distinction ; author of the "Flora of Jamaica." 



Doctor Medicus, Professor of Botany at Munich, and member of the Academy of Scien- 

 ces of that city. 



Sir Robert Peel, the most distinguished patron of science who has held the office of 

 Prime Minister of Great Britain. 



Dr. Potts, inventor of the hydraulic pile-driving process, and other mechanical im- 

 provements. 



Dr. William Front, F. R. S., author of the Bridgewater Treatise on Chemistry, Mete- 

 orology, and the Function of Digestion considered with Reference to Natural Theology. 

 He was also the author of various other works. 



Dr. Prus, distinguished for the part he took in the discussion on the Oriental plague, 

 some years since, in the Paris Academy of Medicine. 



M. Raffentau de Lile, botanist. 



Adam Ramage. well known as the inventor of the "Ramage printing-press." 



Capt George Smith, R. N., the inventor of a superior sight for ship's guns, of a lever 

 or movable target, and of paddle-box safety-boats for steamships. 



James Smith, an eminent agricultural writer, to whom English agriculture is much in- 

 debted. 



M. P. Souyet, Professor of Chemistry at the Musee de PIndustrie and Royal Veterinary 

 School at Brussels. He was the author of several works, and made some important dis- 

 coveries. 



Capt. Oicen Stanley, R. N., member of the Geographical Society of London. 



Robert Stevenson, of Scotland, the designer and builder of the Bell Rock Light-house. 

 He also executed many engineering works in Scotland. 



Capt. George W. Taylor, the inventor of the submarine armour known by his name. 



Rev. George Thackeray, a well-known English naturalist. 



J. C. Treffry, well known in mining circles in Great Britain. 



Dr. Gerard Troost, Professor in the" University of Nashville, and Geologist of the State 

 of Tennessee. His geological reports are very elaborate and valuable, and his researches 

 upon the fossil crinoids of Tennessee are well known. 



Dr. Amos Ticitchell, a distinguished physician and surgeon of Keene, N. H. 



William Vaughan, F. R. S. 



Dr. John W^Wr-.bster, for twenty-four years Professor of Chemistry in Harvard College. 



Rev. David Williams, well known as a geologist. 



J. H. Wilson, Fellow of the Linnoean Society of London, and translator of Jussieu's 

 Elements of Botany. 



