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Illinois survey, especially on vertebrate fossils. A still more extended 

 undertaking was the description of the later, extinct floras in the west, 

 materials for which had been gathered by the Hayden survey. A volume 

 of ) dates was issued in 1878, but, although begun nearly fifteen years ago, 

 the manuscript is not entirely complete, and, if published, will form a 

 posthumous work under the editorship of the professor's old student 

 and friend, Arthur Hollick. 



In association with the New Jersey survey, Dr Newberry also under- 

 took the description of the flora of the Amboy clays. This manuscript, 

 with some editorial completion by Mr Hollick, will also appear as a 

 posthumous work. The description of the fossil fishes and plants of the 

 eastern Triassic strata was pushed to a conclusion and appeared in 1888, 

 as Monograph XIV of the United States Geological Survey. A more 

 elaborate work on the Paleozoic Fishes of North America came out in 

 the following year as Monograph XVI of the same survey. Both works 

 are extensively illustrated by plates. For the preparation of these he 

 was appointed paleontologist on the survey in 1884. 



In addition to his paleontologic papers, Dr Newberry wrote also many 

 shorter contributions for the scientific journals on subjects connected 

 with economic geology. In this connection it may be stated that he was 

 one of the judges at the Centennial and was the author of the report on 

 building stone. Several papers in Appleton's Cyclopedia are from his 

 pen, and of Johnson's Encyclopedia he was one of the editorial staff. 

 This sketch would be incomplete without mention of the high regard 

 that was felt for his opinion on the value of mines, both for metals and 

 coal. Ilis advice was often sought, and frequent trips to the west and to 

 Mexico widened his range of observation. 



When the National Academy was founded, Dr Newberry was named 

 by Congress as one of the incorporators and became a familiar figure at 

 its meetings. In 1867 his alma mater honored herself and him by be- 

 stowing the degree of LL.D. In the same year he was president of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science and delivered the 

 annual address at Burlington, Vermont. Likewise in 1868, soon after 

 his coming to New York, he was chosen president of the New York 

 Academy of Sciences, Professor C. A. Joy, the previous incumbent, grace- 

 fully and generously retiring to give the Doctor an appropriate introduc- 

 tion to the scientific circles of tic metropolis. For twenty-four years Dr 

 Newberry remained president of this body, and during the last years of 

 his life and at the time of his death was its honorary president. Dr 

 Newberry was also president of the Torrey Botanical Club and occupied 

 the position during the fen years between 1880 and 1890. 



Largely in immediate recognition of his paleontologic works, the Ceo- 



