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In Memory of Henry August Hunicke. 



Dr. Henry August Hunicke, at the time of his death on 

 the fifth of April, nineteen hundred and nine, had been 

 a member of the Academy of Science of St. Louis for 

 rather more than twelve years, during five of which he 

 held the office of corresponding secretary. 



His active interest in everything appertaining to the 

 labors of the Academy is indicated, not only by his con- 

 tributions to its scientific proceedings, but also, to an 

 even greater degree, by his active participation in the 

 business of the Council, in matters of organization, in 

 the discussion of questions of policy and in the promo- 

 tion of measures designed to broaden the scope or to in- 

 crease the usefulness of the Academy. 



He was an effective speaker, because his outlook and 

 his sympathies were both broad and deep. Although a 

 keen debater, he was uniformly considerate of the feel- 

 ings of others and never permitted himself to treat his 

 opponent of the moment with anything less than the most 

 perfect courtesy. His spirit was ever helpful, encourag- 

 ing, warmly appreciative of merit or even of good intent, 

 but he was nevertheless quick to detect and to comment 

 upon faults in logic or on errors of any sort. Such criti- 

 cisms were always without rancor and were delivered 

 with a touch of humor and with so delicate a tact, that, 

 while they enlivened debate, they rarely or never gave 

 offense. 



As a councilor, his advice was highly valued, because 

 he looked to the end, being not easily diverted from the 

 main objective or disposed to waste time over side- 

 issues or trifles, and because he neither underestimated 

 the adverse view nor overstated his own. 



In the various capacities, as Adjunct Professor at 

 Washington University, as a resourceful and able tech- 

 nologist, and as a close student of certain strictly scien- 

 tific applications of the theory of thermodynamics. Dr. 

 Hunicke enjoyed in full measure the respect of those who 

 were in a position to judge his work, and so achieved his 



