﻿ACADEMY 
  OP 
  SCIENCES. 
  65 
  

  

  and 
  on 
  both 
  occasions 
  was 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  meetings 
  of 
  this 
  Academy, 
  in 
  

   welfare 
  he 
  took 
  an 
  earnest 
  interest. 
  

  

  While 
  he 
  was 
  most 
  widely 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  published 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  scientific 
  re- 
  

   searches, 
  the 
  most 
  precious 
  memory 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  left 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  fortun- 
  

   ate 
  enough 
  to 
  know 
  him 
  personally, 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  simple 
  in 
  his 
  tastes 
  and 
  

   manners, 
  cordial 
  and 
  earnest 
  in 
  his 
  efforts 
  to 
  assist 
  all 
  who 
  might 
  seek 
  his 
  aid 
  or 
  

   counsel, 
  with 
  the 
  keenest 
  sense 
  of 
  honor 
  and 
  justice, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  tender, 
  generous 
  

   and 
  open 
  heart. 
  No 
  man 
  was 
  ever 
  more 
  widely 
  beloved. 
  No 
  man 
  had 
  ever 
  a 
  

   juster 
  claim 
  to 
  the 
  esteem 
  and 
  affection 
  of 
  all 
  who 
  knew 
  him. 
  He 
  has 
  left 
  be- 
  

   hind 
  him 
  an 
  enduring 
  record 
  of 
  faithful, 
  earnest 
  and 
  successful 
  work, 
  and 
  a 
  spot- 
  

   less 
  and 
  honorable 
  name. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dall 
  moved 
  that 
  the 
  Chair 
  appoint 
  a 
  committee 
  to 
  draw 
  up 
  

   suitable 
  resolutions 
  expressing 
  the 
  Academy's 
  sense 
  of 
  the 
  loss 
  

   which 
  science 
  and 
  humanity 
  have 
  sustained 
  in 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   Torrey, 
  a 
  copy 
  to 
  be 
  forwarded 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  of 
  

   the 
  deceased. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Gibbons 
  also 
  briefly 
  alluded 
  to 
  the 
  estimable 
  character 
  

   and 
  important 
  services 
  of 
  the 
  deceased, 
  and 
  the 
  loss 
  Avhich 
  science 
  

   and 
  humanity 
  had 
  sustained 
  by 
  his 
  death. 
  

  

  The 
  president 
  appointed 
  Messrs. 
  Stearns, 
  Dall 
  and 
  John 
  Hewston, 
  

   Jr., 
  as 
  a 
  committee 
  on 
  resolutions, 
  as 
  suggested 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Dall. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Davidson 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  giving 
  in 
  detail 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  

   his 
  examinations 
  for 
  determining 
  the 
  geographical 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  

   Transit 
  of 
  Venus 
  Station 
  at 
  San 
  Jose 
  del 
  Cabo, 
  Lower 
  California, 
  

   occupied 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  Astronomer, 
  M. 
  Chappe 
  d'Auteroche, 
  in 
  

   1769. 
  

  

  No 
  information 
  beyond 
  the 
  meagre 
  details 
  given 
  in 
  M. 
  Cassini's 
  

   account 
  could 
  be 
  obtained 
  in 
  Europe, 
  although 
  personal 
  efforts 
  had 
  

   been 
  made 
  last 
  season 
  in 
  Paris 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Hilgard 
  of 
  the 
  Coast 
  

   Survey. 
  M. 
  Chappe 
  died 
  from 
  a 
  prevailing 
  epidemic 
  soon 
  after 
  

   observing 
  the 
  transit 
  of 
  Venus, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  assistants 
  also 
  died, 
  

   so 
  that 
  his 
  note 
  books 
  were 
  doubtless 
  defective 
  in 
  detail, 
  and 
  no 
  

   plans 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  locality 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  account. 
  The 
  evident 
  accuracy 
  of 
  his 
  observations 
  of 
  the 
  

   phenomenon, 
  and 
  his 
  known 
  skill 
  as 
  an 
  observer, 
  Avarranted 
  the 
  

   present 
  undertaking 
  by 
  the 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  to 
  render 
  his 
  results 
  of 
  

   practical 
  value 
  in 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  sun's 
  parallax. 
  

  

  In 
  Cassini's 
  record 
  it 
  is 
  incidentally 
  mentioned 
  that, 
  " 
  the 
  Mission 
  

  

  Pboc. 
  Cal. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Vol. 
  V.-5. 
  May, 
  1873. 
  

  

  