\. JAMES DWIOflT. 



MLA1 IM* 



and in mineralogy; also at 



malhrmali.-.. In Au^(. l^J, .,- !,-f V * 

 ten hav.n- bSM n||- .:.'- : M ' ' - ' r ftj 



SS&^^mldriapSS^totnt] ritadStatam, 



narr, and u. thu capacitj HlM MM pot* 



Uined hit artir* 

 1800. Prof. Itauta 

 >illimans in UM 





wiih.iai.d,i. fc 'hn.iuti" I.- feud U tomata 



with Yalr 



of the 



in 1846, and 

 Tbe fifth edition ofbis -System of 



wa*tbe la* that 

 he editions of the amaUai 

 of Mineralogy" in 1878 and 1887 ware by 

 In 1869 tne first edition of his -Manual of 

 Geologr " was issued, and in 1806 tne fourth 

 wa* iiu't lihrl all of which be fititsil Beaidsa 

 tne foregoing he was the author of -Coral 



Reefs and Islands" *. 1888L 



enlarged and imed a -Corals Mid Coral Is- 

 lands* Wi; 9d L. 1800) ; - Tetl-book of Owl- 



QjWi; 



TheOooloffeAlBlofT 

 bHefly told" (187S); - ChanctorMtioi of Vot 



a IUfioo N (New lUrm.mii UM 



degrtv wa conferred uin him by UM 



^mdtetefLLa 



MftaBhfai b| A::,:,:-' Ii LM WA ' H*r- 



raid and ^l.nlmrgh io 1888. In 187t UM Gco- 

 bffaal8odat7<tfLatjdoi HPJ| ate HaW< . 

 Sal and ta 18771* main iUM( pjai 



. urml history, and his first paper. 



American Journal of Science " 

 Io relumed to New Haven in 1888, 

 rears served as assistant in cbemis- 

 - llinmn. During these years 



m 1887), Again he was called to 

 r be reoeired the ai-jM-iiii- 

 nenUogist and geologi>t to the I nit.ti 

 t under ('apt. Chariest 

 1K3& This place he refused at first. 

 . Asa Gray, 

 had U--n ft] 

 cd to actt'pt. The expedition sailed in 



u*!. \*l\ uit.l r.turn.d it, JoM 1-TJ. BfJS> 

 :iariated the globe. In a-i-lr 



be aafoaatd cfcaifi 

 the Crustacea and 

 after his return he 





uf the Royal Society of London, while in 180 

 th, BoteSooMfc rfKatural n - rj hnai 

 upon him their - Grand Walker prise of $1/100 

 fit languished serrices in Natural History.* 



In IvM tl . WM .:.-.. PlwJ :: ' " 



ican Association f.-r the Advancement of Sd- 

 ence,and be was one of the original mseibers 

 nal Academy of Sciences. He bald 

 honorary and corresponding relations to many 

 scientific societies both at borne mvi abroa<l. in- 

 chiding the Royal Society of London, the Insti- 

 tute of Prance, the Uncei of Roma, and UM 

 Royal Academies of Berlin, St. 



x l'r..f. Dana left 

 - H-nt iti'- - -;'' |sj and k saV I 

 incdaN. to br dattftnd t., Yalr fnn.r-itr at 

 who was Henrietta 

 Frances, third daughter of Prof. 



trail 

 wait -. 



of id,- collections 

 sjfji publbned M 

 o. witnan atlas of 

 1846). in uhit h h.- 



and.l.-nl... i-J.: 

 the Geology ..f th. 

 f -ji plates, !-; 



fir?* ; a '* Report on 



an atU- -f INI f 



Us own hand. Meanwhile be prepared the 



- 

 were published in 1844, 1850. and 1854, and ab*> 



the i,i,,,n, ,,f I,,, --.M.uH.ai ..r Mineral n 

 that wrrv published in 1848 ami 



.nun Professor 



ch be did not assume the active duties of 

 UM chair until ls.V>. 



mptl in 1MM. 



lectures on natural history by others, to 

 that of Urology and Mineralogy, and be main- 



TOU xxxv. 15 A 



n his will that the diplomas be mad* 

 a part of the general collection of scientific docn- 

 ments and the medals an* to b added to UM 

 medab in the unirenttj 

 library. He also gires from bis own library UM 

 works on geology that are not alreadr on UM 

 shelve* of tne college library, eicrodng sucn 

 volume* as, if taken away, would break a 

 series. A sketch of hu : 

 full l.ibliograph) 

 ten by bis son, Edward Sali 

 in th".- American Journal of 



Ml LA WARE, a Middle Atlantic 

 of the original thirteen; 



titution Dei srea, 2.120 sqnara 



miles. Tbe population, according to each oV 

 it-nnial census, was 50.006 in 17W; 64.27S in 

 1800; 7SJ74 in 19 in 1880; 76.748 in 



i- ; >--. in 1840; ! -J in I860; I1M1< 

 i860; L86J016 . >: :4',.>r. .-. >-.. awjl 

 16H.496 in 1880. Capital. Dorer. 



rameat. Tbe State officers during UM 

 rear were tne following: Governor. Joshua H. 

 siarril. RafMihHcan, until bis death. April 8. 

 when be was succeeded by UM Speaker of the 

 Sn.tr. William T. Watson, Democrat; Secre- 



