JOSEPH HENRY, LL.D. 3Q1 



great career as a man of science, as a man who 

 served his government with singular ability and 

 faithfulness, who was loved and venerated by every 

 circle, who blessed with the light of his friendship 

 the worthiest and the best, whose life added new 

 lustre to the glory of the human race, we shall be 

 most fortunate if ever in the future we see his 

 like again." 



Prof. Joseph Henry was succeeded by Prof. 

 Spencer F. Baird as secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. He died August 19, 1887, and 

 Prof. S. P. Langley was called to the position, 

 accepting the office November 18, 1887. The 

 mantle of Henry has fallen upon a worthy succes- 

 sor; a scholar who has given us, among other 

 works, the "New Astronomy," whose beauty of 

 diction, breadth of knowledge, and exquisite illus- 

 trations are so well remembered, as it appeared 

 first in the pages of the Century Magazine. 



