’ Miscellaneous Titeltigence, 207 
are to be completed early in the coming year. The main saloon, by 
‘this arrangement, will be one hundred and fifteen feet long by forty- 
five feet broad, admirably lighted, and fire-proof throughout. = 
We record with pride and pleasure this noble contribution to the sci- 
-e of our country; and we may justly and emphatically apply to 
r. Wilson, a remark that was made of William Maclure, the veneras 
le founder and benefactor of the Academy :—* It is rare that afflu- 
€nce, liberality, and the possession and the love of science, unite. so sig- 
Rally in the same individual.”* rei 
Osrruary.— Denison Olmsted, Jr., died of consumption at New Ha- 
en, Conn., Aug. 15, 1846, aged 22 years. Mr. Olmsted was a son of 
high promise of Prof. Olmsted of Yale College. He had already dis- 
inguished himself as a mineralogist and chemist, and had displayed 
hcommon ability as an original investigator. His devotion to mineral- 
xy commenced at a very early age, while yet a school boy; and 
‘When but nine years old, he had made great proficiency in mathemat- 
ies. He had been for two years prior to his death, in the chemical lab- 
oratory of Yale College, where his services were highly valued, and 
tion of his labors. 
_ Bonpland, (Lond. Athencum.)—M. Aimé Bonpland, the celebrated 
_ haturalist, and fellow traveler of Humboldt, recently died at Corrientes, 
‘Where he had resided since his release from Paraguay, where he was 
long held a prisoner by Dr. Francia, the Dictator. es 
Benzenberg, (Lond. Athencum.)—M. J. F. Benzenberg died in the 
Spring of 1846, at Dusseldorff, aged 67 years. In conjunction with 
the late Prof. Brandes, he undertook near half a century Binee,; ae 
‘Systematic manner, the investigation of the orbits of shooting npgah. 
and the various works and papers which since 1798 he has published 
- Sarthis subject, have obtained much celebrity. He has also contributed 
Memoirs on mathematics, natural philosophy and mineralogy. - He has 
___-Bequeathed to the town of Dusseldorffy the observatory which he had 
built, his rich collection of astronomical and other philosophical instru- 
ments, and the sum of 7000 thalers, the interest of which is to keep 
hl “@pparatus in repair. ; 
ieee en. Jour. of Science, iii, 362.. 
