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P. NECROLOGY. 



In this list are embraced some names of noteworthy per- 

 sons deceased in 1874, but not included in the Annual Jiec- 

 ord for that year. 



Adami, Carl Ludwig. Known in Germany as a manufacturer of 

 globes. Died at Potsdam, January 23d. 



Aitken, W. C. A member of the Society of Arts, and author of many 

 papers on ancient and modern metal-working. Died in Birmingham, March 

 24 th. 



Andree, Dr. Karl T. Author of valuable geographical works ; editor 

 or translator of several treatises of a similar character, the most important 

 being the "Geography of the Commerce of the World." Died August 

 16th, aged sixty-eight. 



Argelander, Professor W. A. An eminent German astronomer. 

 Superintendent of the Observatory of Bonn. Author of a celestial atlas 

 comprising all the stars to those of the tenth magnitude. Born at Munich, 

 March 22d, 1790. Died at Bonn, February 17th, aged almost eighty-five. 



Barnes, M. Thomas. An African traveler and geologist. Died May 

 8th, on his way toward the Tattin. 



Baudelot, Professor E. A distinguished French physiologist and nat- 

 uralist. Author of several papers on the anatomy and physiology of the 

 mollusks and radiates. Died February 23d, at the age of forty. 



Becker, Carl L. C. Well known in England as a constructor of elec- 

 trical and physical apparatus. Born in 1821. Settled in London in 1815. 



Brasseur de Bourbourg, Abbe. A distinguished traveler, especially 

 zealous in the study of the archaeology of the New World. Author of " The 

 History of the Civilization of the Ancient Mexicans and Central Americans ;" 

 as also of a large number of memoirs illustrating his discoveries. Born at 

 Bourbourg, in France, in 1814. Died at Nice, January 8th, 1871. 



Bradley, Dr. Leverett. A well-known inventor and manufacturer of 

 practical electrical devices, such as telegraph machines, helices, etc. Died 

 at Jersey City, September Gth, at the age of seventy-six. 



Burkart, Dr. J. H. Author of travels in Mexico and of a geological 

 map of that country. Died at Bonn, in Germany, in November, at the age 

 of seventy-six. 



Caims, Professor. As a chemist his researches were especially upon 

 the sulphur compounds, the oxysulphides of phosphorus, etc. Died at Mar- 

 burg, April 17th, at the age of forty-six. 



Campbell, Dr. Archibald. A British medical officer, resident at Dar- 



