460 BENJAMIN JOWETT. 



1880-82. Theoretical and Experimental Researches on the Oscillations of 



Water and Hydraulic Machines with Oscillating Liquid Columns. 



In two octavo volumes. 

 1881-82. Experiments at the Cherbourg Arsenal with Bent Tubes; at 



the Aubois Lock, upon the Automatic Movement of the System; 



and at Flottemanville on a Lifting Machine which was employed 



for Irrigations at great heights. 



1883. Realization of the Automatic Working of the System applied at 



the Aubois Lock with neither Saving-basin, Valve, nor Cataract. 



1884. For his great work, he received a Gold Medal from the Universal 



Exhibition at Amsterdam, and a Diploma of Honor from that at 



New Orleans. 

 Elected Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences 



at Madrid. 

 New Experiments at the Aubois Lock. 



1885. Gold Medal from the Universal Exhibition at Antwerp. 

 Experiments on a New Machine for compressing Air by Means of 



a Waterfall. 



1887. An improved form of his machine for raising water was erected 



at Flottemanville. This machine is rustic in its character, and 

 well adapted to the use of country laborers. 



1888. A new Hydraulic Machine of a much greater efficiency than his 



other apparatus. 



Elected Honorary Member of the Institution of the Royal Nether- 

 land Engineers, and of the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences. 



The Diploma of Honor was given him by the Universal Exhibition 

 of Brussels ; a Gold Medal from that of Barcelona, and a Diploma 

 of Honor from that at Melbourne. Other Medals and Diplomas 

 were given which need not be mentioned in detail. 

 1888-92. Notes on Improvements applicable to his Inventions. 



1894. William Watson. 



BENJAMIN JOWETT. 



Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol College and Regius Profes- 

 sor of Greek in the University of Oxford, died on October 1, 1893. 

 He was born at Camberwell in 1817, and attended St. Paul's School 

 in London. He was a student of Balliol, and received his Bachelor's 

 decree at Oxford in 1839, with a first class in Literce Humaniores. 

 He became Tutor of Balliol in 1842, and Master of Balliol in 1870. 

 He held the office of Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1882 to 

 1886. He was made Regius Professor of Greek in 1855, and he 

 held this office until his death. He received the honorary degree of 

 Doctor in Theology from the University of Leydeu in 1875, and that 



