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NATURE 



[December 14, 191 1 



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 l><iiia|);irl<-. .\ii\i(ius In innlinii,- li I .mi |i1,h hi;; 

 .'ll th<- disposal <it ih>- ai .id'iii> a luiin'i -^um "\ .• ■;,, ■,, ■• ',■ 

 fiaiiis, iidl a- a <apilal ^um, Inil in ill,- liuin ot li\,- 

 annuili,--, intiiid' d In !>,■ u--< d at diir,' in lln- spirit I lia\i' 

 indirali'd ; liial i-- In -■a\, |iiillinL; a--i(l'- all i<t, a ct i , lOin- 

 |i,ii>~,' Ini UDik ai < iinipli-^h' (I ali,ai!\, ulialcvi' its merit 

 iiia\ ll,-, in\ wish i^ ihal llii'- -uiii ina\ ' > ^liiiiu- 

 lal' disiii\, li.^ I.\ r,n(|,| iriu; ,a^iii i ll,-^ (il 

 Will kir-, in ^< l,ni ,■ u ho, lia\ inj; alr,ail\ La\'ii prnnf nf 

 lli'ii aliiiilN Id uiid,i tal<,' luii^lnal work, and nut liildn^in^ 

 Id dui aiail,iii\, lark sulVui'iil r,-s(nirr,s in iindiTtake or 

 td tdlldw dUI lli'ii in\ ,s| ij^atinn^. 



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 iiiann,r tli.u it h.is ,ilr,ad\, in |)r,\idu-. \i;ii>, di;ik with 

 the carlifT .'innuitit's of iIk.' I'onds lionapait,-. 



Dfvotcd :>s 1 am to all scientific -uidi,-, I sli.dl Ix- 

 happv, and mv ohjcct will he gained, if I (an in lliis wa\ 



II, ip Id iiii ii.i--,- ihi- aiiidunl df i)dsiii\,- kndwli dLi''. 



i'l'd |iri-.i(iiiit N.iid : — 



I ^U> iidi iliinlc 1 need ask ili,- academy to ^\\e its 

 apprd\al Id Miis further liberality tiiat Prince Roland 

 i>dii,ip,irtr dif, r- u- to-day. The academy accepts the gift 

 with a,;itit .id,-. 



\di -atisliid wiili cdiuiiiuing to help, as he has done for 

 tin- lasi fdui \,ar.-., \dunq men of science who might have 

 been stopped in their researches by material ditViculties. 

 our colleague doubles the amount which he places at their 

 disposal by making it 50,000 francs a year for five more 

 years. The number and value of the researches which his 

 gifts have made possible during the four years which are 

 almost at an end lead us to hope that the results will be 

 still better for the new period which begins in 1912. 



With its president, the academy and French science 

 thank Prince Roland Bonaparte very heartily for his 

 generosity and invaluable initiative. 



We notice with (1,-,'p r.^,-,.! th,. annouiic<ni,-nt of the 

 di-ath. dii ^uiid.is. l"),'C,nili,r in, ,it nini-t\-fdvir \,;n-s of 

 a^' . '>! ^if Id^.ph 1). Ilddk.r, O.M., F.R.s. In ih.- 

 sci'-nlilit wdild h,' (iccu()icd a pl.tcc in the fi'din ranlc. and 

 his nam,' ,iiid Wdrk will b,' pcrnian-nih prdniiivnt in the 

 hi^idiN nl --ci.nlitic prdL;r<'-s in nidd,rn lini,^. Ihirtv-four 

 X'.ii-^ ai^d, dii ()cldhir J5, 1^77, an ,ippr, cialiv- arlicli- on 

 his s' ■ ~ i, nc \\a,- cdnlrihut,'il to diir cdlunins bv 



Prof. ill ilic ilrv, nth article df our -ri-i,s of 



ScieiUilu Wdiihics. We need only refer to that article 

 now as an indication of the high esteem in which Sir 

 Joseph's unusual gifts and I'licrgics have long tii-,n h,!d l>v 

 those most cdiiipeiiiu to estimate tii<ir value. \\"e hop,- in 

 our next issue to supplement this article with aiidther, 

 and here only remark that his botanical kiuiwlidge was 

 unrivalled, and his work has won the gr.itiuKl, of th, whol, 

 civilised world. The announcement was m.id, on lu- -da\ 

 that the Dean of Westminster had, w iih the full concurn i 

 of the Chapter, offered to the family to p, rmit ilie im 

 ment of Sir Joseph Hooker's ashes in th(^ .\bh, >. on the 

 condition that his remains were previously cremated. It 

 would have been appropriate for his remains to rest in the 

 north aisle of Westminster Abbey among those of Newton, 

 Sir John Herschel, Darwin, and Kelvin, and near the 

 memorials of Adams, Stokes, and Joule. The family has, 

 however, felt obliged to decline the offer of burial in the 



NO. 2198, VOL. 88] 



' 11 -, I .\bbf-y, as It was Sir Joseph's < xpres*; wish that In- should 



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■ veral p«'op!' 



'i\ ■ i.iilii' the fdllriwing 111 a imig li>l el .ippi.. ' 

 id prdiiidiidiis : K.C.S.I.: Surgeon-t ief)er;ii (. !' 

 !)ir, ( tdr-( nil, r.il, Indian Medical Service. C..*« / 

 >. (•. Hurrard. 1 R.s., OfTiciating Survey; 

 111 India; .Mr. I- . I>. Hr\.int, Inspector-General of 



till- I id\ , I iinii-nl df I ndia 

 l-.R.s., I)ii, 1 ldr-<.eii,ial df 1 

 J. (.;. Hi,.,, I'r,-id-'ii.\ (-(illig, 

 Eardley-Wilmot, lately Inspe. 

 (\l : 



Dr. G. T. Walker. 



n ( )bservatories ; Prof. 

 ili.iti.-i. K.C.I.E. : .Mr. 



: df Forests to the 



: l.ednard R'>'^-r^, 

 ( i.ll.g.-, C;.!, ' 



df India; M; 



leoldgii .al Survey 



I\ Ashtdii, pr, -id 



ment 



inn: 



on December 1 1, 



un Thynne Lynn. 



>pital, he was 



tim-' as-istant 



tellow of 

 ■ intributoc" 

 n iQOO he beca 



Government of India 



professor of pathi 



bacteriologist to tl 



ll.aydi-n, Director ni ili- 



Kuii^hl!. lUiclulor : Mr. K. 



Mining and Geologii ;il Institute, Calcutta; 



C . 11. Bedford, Chemical Fxaminer, Bengal. 



The Nobel prizes were distributed by • 

 on December 10. Three of the p; . ■ - ,. 

 Curie (chemislr\ 1, I'lof. \\ . \\"i, n ipiiN-i.-i. 

 Gullstrand (medii in, j were presetu ])• rsmia 

 their prizes. 



W'v. regret to announce the death 

 after a very short illn,--.s, df Mr. Wil 

 The -op. of a pln-ici.an in W 

 born ai ( li,K,.i in i.'^vs- ''' 

 in till- ( 'amliriil:^' ( )li-' r\ atory , .and \' 

 Royal Ohseivaidiy . in-inwich, from 

 he retired from official duties. He wa- 

 the Royal Astronomical Society in iS 

 several papers to the Monthly Notic s. 

 a member of the British Astronomical Association, v - 

 the author of many papers in its Journal, and w..- 

 member of the council at the time of his death. He v, .1- 

 ;is-,dci.it, d with Prof. D. P. Todd in the authorship o! 

 " Stars and relesropes," and, among other works,, wrote 

 the pdpul.ir littli tn atises " Celestial Motions." " Remark- 

 able (."omets,"" and ' Remarkable Eclips-- " • - ■ '^ of which 

 ran through sev, ral ,ditidiis. He w -.ant con- 



tributor to The Atlirmirtini. Obsf A other 



journals, principally dn subj, cts cunnei • >» history 



of astronomy and ilv cal-ndar, and o. , ,;-.dnally con- 

 tributed to our pages. His knowledge of astronomy gener- 

 ally, and especially of its history, was unusi;. " • --ve. 

 On subjects conn,'cted with chronology l-o 

 extremely well informed, and wa 

 his knowledge at the service of ot 



Wi: regret to learn of th, 

 \\",i:(l, which tOdk place in N 



.. '■> short illnes- 

 - , _ . - I publisher will 



country as being energetically int- 

 photogr.aphy, but especially in the 

 photomechanical reproduction, and, lat*r. in the advance 

 of pictorial photography. His endeavour to get the word 

 photograph, when used as a substantive, replaced by 

 " photogram," which he maintained was more correct, was 

 always kept to the front by the name of his monthly 



■:■ r^av lo place 



Mr. H. Snowden 



'rat a Week age, 



■-tiowden Ward 



known in this 



11 branches of 



df methods of 



