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last work was the system of elcctriciil fianaport cnlled tel<^plitraj^c. Died in Edin- 

 burgh, .June 12, 18b5, .at the a'^e of iVi. 



Tresca, Henri, Professor of Industrial Mechanics and afterward Directoi- of the 

 Conservatoire des Arts ct Mdtiers, Paris. Elected a member of the French Academy 

 in 1872. Eminent for his researches on the Flow of Metals and other mechanical sub- 

 jects. Died in Paris, June 21, 1885, aged 71 years. 



Ekxund. a. W., Professor of Physics at the University of Lund, Sweden. Died at 

 Lund, July, 1835, at the age of 90 years. 



Maxgln, Colonel, of the French army. Inventor of the electric light projector 

 known by his name. Died in Paris, of apoplexy, in November, 1885, aged 45 years. 



Carpenter, William B., the eminent physiologist. Noted in physics for his work 

 on the microscope. Died in London, November 10, 1H85, aged 73 years. 



Andrews, Thomas, Professor of Chemistry in Queen's College, Belfast, until 1819." 

 Well known for his researches on the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid states. 

 Died in Belfast, November 2G, 1885, aged 72 years. 



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