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las Bache, which occurred on the 17th of February, 1867, in 

 the 61st year of his age, and reported, on behalf of the com- 

 mittee appointed at the special meeting of the 19th ultimo, 

 the following resolutions, which were adopted : 



Resolved^ That by the death of Alexander Dallas Bache, the 

 American Philosophical Society has lost a member distinguished for 

 his zeal in, and devotion to, the cause of Science, and for the excel- 

 lency of his private life and character. 



Resolved, That the reputation won by Professor Bache in the 

 cause of education, and in extending the whole realms of science 

 and useful knowledge is a source of honorable gratification to his 

 friends and associates, and is to be most highly prized as a matter of 

 national pride, and as placing our country, in these respects, on an 

 equality with any other in the world. 



Resolved, That the termination of the life of such a man is deeply 

 to be mourned, for it narely happens that so much mental strength 

 and such stores of knowledge are combined with such winning man- 

 ners, such delicate and profound discrimination in the choice of 

 men and places, and such great executive ability in accomplishing 

 results and awarding to every colaborer his full measure of apprecia- 

 tion and honor. 



Resolved, That this Society, connected as it has been with him 

 from his early manhood until his death, and having had the benefit 

 of his services and counsel in an eminent degree during nearly the 

 whole of that period, is especially called upon to deplore his loss, 

 and to perpetuate on its records the memory of one so wise and 

 good, and to keep him constantly iu remembrance as an example 

 worthy of general imitation. 



Resolved, That a member be appointed to prepare an obituary 

 notice of Professor Bache for publication in the Proceedings of the 

 Society. 



Resolved, That the officers of the Society be requested to forward 

 a copy of these proceedings, and of those of the 19th ultimo, to the 

 widow of Professor Bache, and to express our cordial sympathy with 

 her in the great bereavement with which she has been visited. 



On motion of Prof. Frazer, Mr. Fraley was appointed to 

 prepare the obituary notice. 



Mr. Marsh read from a letter of Mr. A. S. Herschel, a 

 very interesting notice of an examination of the spectra of 



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