58 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



The results of his work in Natural History were given for the 

 benefit of the Society, and did much toward giving the Society the 

 eminent position which it holds to-day. 



From the first he was enthusiastic for the advancement of the 

 Society in all its interests : he sought to extend its influence in the 

 city and increase its meml)erslii|), and in both was eminently suc- 

 cessful, aiding to place the Society on a broad basis in the public 

 estimation, and bringing to it large and valued additions in mem 

 bership. 



He was elected President of the Society in 1886, and was a mem- 

 ber of the Executive Board at the time of his death. In his 

 address given at the time of taking the President's chair, he gave 

 it as his purpose to devote his energies in behalf of the Society, 

 especially toward the increase of the fJuilding Fund, that it might 

 soon be possible to provide the necessary accommodations for the 

 increased requirements of the museum and educational work of the 

 Society. In this cause he labored earnestly, and no doubt would 

 have been successful in his endeavors had he been permitted to 

 continue his work. 



The Lyceum of Natural History for young people owes its ex" 

 istence largrly to his suggestions and efforts in its behalf, and it 

 became second only to the Building Fund in his favorite projects 

 for the advancement of the Society. The first address given to the 

 Lyceum as an organization was given by him on the " Early His- 

 tory of the Earth." In his final address at the close of his term of 

 office as President he expressed this sentiment: " While my efforts 

 will be given for the good of every part of the Society's work, two 

 of them shall I seek most earnestly to advance; these are, the 

 Building Fund and the Lyceum." 



Another department of the work of the Society which he sought 

 to develop and extend was that of the Meteorological Section. 

 He endeavored to organize a society in the Ohio Valley for the 

 study of meteorological phenomena, to be conducted in connection 

 with the Society, and succeeded in enlisting the sympathy of the 

 meteorologists of this city and vicinity in his project. He furnished 

 to the Society at his own expense a set of weather symbols, to be 

 used in announcing weather predictions. 



In the regular scientific work of the Society he contributed 

 many valuable papers for publication in the Journal, a list of which 

 is given below : 



