OUR profound sympathy is extended to the family of Edward 

 A\'olsey Coit, who departed this hfe on Septemher 2?, UUS, 

 at the Cit\' of Los Angeles. 



He was born at Plattsburg, New York, July 27. 1837, the 

 son of Rev. Joseph Rowland Coit, and from his early years he 

 was identified with the various departments of the iron industr_\', 

 from the rudiments up to the highest technical iJcrfection. 



When quite a young man, responsible interests of the old 

 firm of ^lorris, Tasker & Co., of T'hiladelphia, the first manu- 

 facturers in this country, of wrought-iron pipe and tubing, were 

 intrusted to him, ;md later, he became President of the Reading 

 Iron Works of Pennsylvania, and associated with W. R. Hart 

 & Co., who were noted for their great properties in the Pake 

 Superior iron-ore region. 



He was an officer of the National Tul^e Works Compan\- 

 l)efore it became a part of the Steel Trust, and, coming to Cali- 

 fornia in the year 1900, he became officially interested with the 

 Oil Well Supply Company of Los Angeles, which association 

 continued until the day of his death. 



Notwithstanding his great activities in the commercial 

 world, his studious youth and his technical ])ursuits of later 

 life, attracted him to several oranches of the sciences, and, be- 

 comino: a member of this Academv, he took an active intercut in 

 our proceedings. 



\\'e shall miss him from our meetings. 



David R. P)reark'y died at Los Angeles on January 5, 

 1916. 



He was one of our prominent citizens, and for man}- }ears 

 he had been active in all measures instituted for the welfare and 

 prosperity of the city. 



He was a member of this Academy and his interest in our 

 work was manifested by his subscription of one hundred dollars 

 towards our endowment ]:)ublication fund. 



We condole with his familv ujion their great loss. 



IN the Pulletin of Januar}-. P'l.^. were gi\'en the names of 

 those who served this Academy of Sciences as Presidents 

 from the time of its foundation down to the present date, and, 

 in an earlier issue, were inserted tlie ]!ortraits of William H. 

 Knight and Theotlore P>. Comstock. 



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