now classics, having been conducted with Isherwood's extraordinary skill and 

 care, and furnish a source of information to which engineers* constantly recur. 



Notwithstanding his retirement. Commodore Magee retained his interest 

 in engineering matters, and even towards the last of his days was planning 

 improvements. The writer remembers a design which he submitted in his 

 own beautiful draughtsmanship to the Navy Department for a protection to 

 the base of turrets of our dreadnaughts. Incidentally, it may be remarked 

 that he had preserved many of his drawings made in early days and recently 

 presented them to the Engineering Department of Webb's Academy. 



Commiodore Magee was a man of charming personality and had the social 

 instinct, so that he maintained touch with all his old friends and was con- 

 stantly making new ones. He was a member of the Engineers Club, where 

 he frequently lived in the winter time, and was always a welcome addition to 

 any group of members. He was a member of the Loyal Legion and took a 

 very active interest in its affairs. He had been a member oi our own Society 

 from the very start and rarely missed one of the annual meetings. He was 

 so well preserved that it will probably be a source of surprise to many who 

 did not know him well to learn of his great age. 



What proved to be the last important act of his life had to be finished 

 by others, on account of his last illness. As already stated, he had been a 

 great friend of Admiral Isherwood, and, indeed, might be said to have been 

 a worshiper. He had secured an admirable bronze bust of Isherwood and 

 had arranged for its presentation to the Society of Mechanical Engineers at 

 their meeting in December, 1917. His address of presentation was prepared, 

 and everjrthing ready, when he was stricken with what proved to be his last 

 illness; and what would have been one of the greatest pleasures of his life 

 devolved upon a younger engineer, also a devoted admirer of Isherwood, who 

 read the commodore's address, supplementing it with a few remarks of his 

 own. 



Commodore Magee occupied a very warm spot in many hearts, and as 

 he had constantly mixed with younger men, who all were very fond of him, 

 it will be many years before his memory has entirely passed away. 



