Joseph Baxendell, F.R.S. 31 



In the Royal Society's list of scientific papers his name 

 will be found associated with numerous communications ; 

 some of these were published in the Monthly Notices of the 

 Royal Astronomical Society, some in the Astronomisdie 

 Nachrichten^ but the greater and most important portion 

 of his work was given to our own Society. The earliest paper 

 mentioned in the list, is one on the variability of X Tauri 

 {Astronomical Society MontJdy Notices^ ix., 1848-49). The 

 list also includes a joint note by J. Baxendell and H. E. 

 Roscoe, on the relative intensities of direct sunlight and 

 diffuse daylight at different altitudes of the sun {Proceedings 

 of the Royal Society , vol. xv.) ; during the latter part of his 

 life he also published some articles in the Observatory and 

 Liverpool Astronomical Society's Journal. 



He was elected a member of this Society in 1858, and a 

 member of the Council, January 25, 1859, in place of the 

 late Rev. H. H. Jones ; he was appointed secretary and 

 editor of the Society's publications in 1861 ; the secretary- 

 ship he retained until 1885, when, to the regret of the 

 members, he retired on account of ill-health ; for one 

 year he was a vice-president. He was also an active 

 member of the Physical and Mathematical Section, 

 being one of its founders in 1859, the original members 

 being Robert Worthington, J. W. Long, E. W. Binney, 

 Joseph Baxendell, J. B. Dancer, S. W. Williamson, W. L. 

 Dickenson, G. C. Lowe, Joseph Sidebotham, Thomas 

 Carrick, George Mosley, and Thomas Heelis. This list of 

 names reminds us how many have been the changes in 

 the Society since 1859; of ^^ mentioned not one now 

 survives. Most of Mr. Baxendell's papers were in the first 

 instance communicated to this section ; the quiet social 

 character of the meetings seemed quite in harmony with 

 his retiring disposition ; first there was the half-hour spent 

 in pleasant conversation over tea, and, when the cloth was 

 drawn, the half-dozen members, or thereabout, who ordinarily 



