( 33) 
MEMOIRS 
es THE LATE 
CHARLES WHITE, ESQ. 
F. R.S. &e. &e. 
With reference to his Professional Life and Writings. 
BY 
THOMAS HENRY, F.R:S. Sc. Se. 
(Read April 2, 1813.) 
TE 
Iv has been customary in the literary and 
philosophical societies of the continent, on the 
death of any of their distinguished members, 
that a surviving associate should commemo- 
rate, in what has been termed an Eloge, the 
principal events of his life; the objects of his 
studies and pursuits; and the claims which he 
may have derived to the esteem of posterity, 
from the improvement of any of the useful 
arts, or the extension of the boundaries of 
knowledge. This custom, if it had no other 
merit, is entitled to approbation by its influ- 
ence in exciting efforts for similar distinction ; 
for, by a happy provision of our nature, to 
contemplate excellence of any kind, is not 
only agreeable in itself, but where there isa. con- 
VOL. III. . E 
