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parents and other relatives, In mourning his early departure- 

 The best feelings of our natures, the kindest affection of 

 our hearts, are expressed in our tears ; and the Saviour 

 himselfj wept at the death of his friend. Long will it be, 

 before the event we this day deplore, shall be recollected 

 within these walls without the deepest sorrow ; — or the 

 name of him we have lost, be here mentioned without 

 awakening the tenderest sympathy." 



The articles furnished by Professor Fisher for this Jour- 

 nal are the following;. 



ijssay on Musical Temperament. Vol. I. 



i>%. Vol, IIL 



Dr. Enfield^ s Institutes of Kat 



/ 



Printing Press, &c. Vol III. 



On Maxima and Minima of Functions of two variable 

 %iantities. Vol. V. 



Among articles furnished by him for other works, the fol- 

 lowing may be mentioned 



^ Solutions of various Mathematical Questions, under the 

 signature X, in the "American Monthly Magazine," com- 

 menced in New York, in the year 1817. Among these. 



the solution of a Prize Q 



f the sail of 



"tvindmilly when the ratio of the velocities of 

 ^^'ind is given ^ is deserving of particular notice- 



Solutions of various questions under the signature ofKov- 

 ^nghiSy in Leybourn's Mathematical Repository. 



Observations on the Comet of 1S19, and calculation 

 of its orbit, in the fourth volume of the Memoirs of the 



American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



I cannot dismiss the subject of the preceding^ noiice, 

 ^t'ithout adding my own testimony to the merits of my la- 

 niented friend and coadjutor, Professor Fisher. It is nat- 

 ural to dwell, with fondness, upon the character of a depart- 

 ed friend, an^ the more so, when a sudden and tragical death 



