OBITUARY 



OF PERSONS EMINENT IN SCIENCE. 1859. 



Alcott, "W. A., a well-known American writer on health, phjsiology, etc. 



Barratt. Dr. John P., a naturalist and scientific agriculturist, of South Carolina. 



Bond, William C., a distinguished American astronomer. 



Broderip, William Johu, an eminent English naturalist. 



Brunei, Isambard K., the English engineer. 



Brun-Rollet, a Sardinian explorer of Eastern Africa; died at Kartoum, on his 

 return from the interior. 



Caguiard de la Tour, an eminent French chemist. 



Davis, Dr. James B., of South Carolina, an eminent agriculturist and naturalist. 



Dibtrich, Dr., a distinguished German pathologist. 



Dirichlet Lejune, an eminent German mathematician, successor to Gauss, at Got- 

 tingen. 



Eilett, William H., an American chemist. 



Grailich, Prof , an eminent mineralogist, of Vienna. 



Hen trey, Prof. Arthur, a leading English botanist and naturalist. 



Horsetield, Dr., a botanist, well known from his reseaches in Java. 



Humboldt, Alexander Von. 



Hunt, Walter, a well-known American inventor. 



Jelachich Baron, Ban of Croatia, well known as a military commander, but also 

 as a skilful chemist. 



Johnson, Manuel, astronomer of the RadclifFe Observatory, Eng. 



Lardner, Dr. Diouysius, the well-known scientific author. 



Lassaigue, M., an eminent French chemist, formerly editor of the Journal de 

 Chemie Medicdle. 



Loftus, Keunet, assistant in the geological survey of British India, and well known 

 for his researches at Babylon. 



Mather. William W.. an American geologist. 



Mitchell, D., an English naturalist, late Secretary of the Zoological Society. 



Motley, Mr., an English engineer and naturalist, killed by the natives of Borneo. 



Nichol, Prof. J. P., Professor of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow, and 

 a well-known author of astronomical works. 



Nuttall, Dr. Thomas, best known as an ornithologist. 



Olmstead, Denison, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Yale College. 



Kittor, Carl, the distinguished geographer. 



Soubeirain, M. E., a distinguished French chemist and physicist. 



Stevenson, Robert, the well-known English engineer. 



Stewart, James, of N. Y., inventor of the seraphine, type-casting machine, etc. 



Taylor, Richard, for many years editor of the London E. and D. Philosophical 

 Magazine. 



Tully, Dr. William, a well-known writer on materia-medici. 



Walker, John, a Scotch chemist, inventor of the luciler match. 



Welsh, John, an English physicist, Superintendent of the Kew Observatory. 



Wilson, Dr. George, Professor of Technology in the University of Edinburgh, 

 and a popular scientific author. 



Wright, E. G., an English chemist, originator of the use of fulminating mercury 

 in the percussion cap. 



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