762 A MEMOIR OF ELIAS LOOMIS. 



into and aided heartily the plans of Mr. Winchester, both before and 

 after Mr. Winchester asked his trustees to transfer his magnificent en- 

 dowment to the university. Professor Loomis looked forward to a large 

 institution in the future on the observatory site. To endow this public 

 service, after making liberal provision for his two sous, he bequeathed 

 his estate. The income from more than 1300,000 will eventually be 

 available to continue the work of his life. With clear judgment of 

 what was most important he limited the nse of that income to the pay- 

 ment of salaries of persons whose time should be exclusively devoted 

 to the making of observations for the promotion of the science of as- 

 tronomy, or to the reduction of astronomical observations, and to de- 

 fraying the expenses of i)ublication. He knew that if he provided ob- 

 servers, other benefactors would furnish buildings and instruments, 

 and the costs of supervision and maintenance. 



A university has an organic life, with its past and its future. The 

 wealth of a university consists mainly in its men ; not so much in those 

 men who are its active members now, as in those who have lived them- 

 selves into its life in the past, and have made it a home of scholarship, 

 of truth, and of devotion to duty; a place fit for the development of 

 the nobler elements of character. The life and work of Elias Loomis 

 form no mean portion of the wealth of Yale University. 



PUBLICATIONS OF ELIAS LOOMIS. 



1. Ou shooting stars. Am. Jour. April, 1835. (1), vol. xxviii, pp. 95-104. 



2. Halley's comet (.Olmsted and Loomis). New Haveu Daily Herald, September 1, 



September 4, September 28, and December 31, 1835. 



3. Halley's comet (Olmsted and Loomis). Am. Join-. October, 1835. (l),vol. xxix, 



pp. 155, 156. 



4. Observations on the comet of Halley, made at Yale College. Am. Jour. July, 1836. 



(1), vol. XXX, pp. 209-221. 



5. Observations on the variation of the magnetic needle, made at Yale College iu 



1834 and 1835. Am. Jour. July, 1836. (1), vol. xxx, pp. 221-233. (Sturgeon's 

 Ann. P:iectr., vol.2, pp. 270-282.) 



6. Letters from Europe. (Thirty-six letters.) Ohio Observer (1837). 



7. Meteoric shower of November 13. Cleveland Observer, November, 1837. 



8. Hourly meteorological observations for the December solstice of 1837, made at 



Western Reserve College. Cleveland Observer, December 23, 1837. 



9. Hourly meteorological observations for the vernal equinox of 1838, made at West- 



ern Reserve College. Cleveland Observer, March, 1838. 



10. Observations on a hurricane which passed over Stow, iu Ohio, October 20, 1837. 



Am. Jour. January, 1838. (1), vol. xxxiii, pp. 368-376. 



11. Splendid meteor (May 18, 1838). Cleveland Observer, May 22, 1838. 



12. Hourly meteorological observations for the summer solstice of 1838, made at 



Western Reserve College. Cleveland Observer, J, me, 1838. 



13. On the variation and dip of the magnetic needle iu dift'erent parts of the United 



States. Am. Jour. July, 1838. (1), vol. xxxiv, pp. 290-309. (With a map.) 



14. On the latitude anil longitude of \ale College observatory. Am. Jour. July, 



1838. (1), vol. XXXIV. pp. 309-313. 



15. Meteors of August 9. Cleveland Oljserv^er, August 11, 1838. 



IG. An inaugural address, delivered August 21, 1838. 8vo.,i). 38. New York, 1838. 



