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ington, 1881, pp. 31 + 3 pis., U. S. War Dept. 

 Professional papers of the Signal office, No. 5). 



4. " Lectures on Practical Astronomy," 1882 

 (Report of the Chief Signal Officer, Washing- 

 ton, 1882, pp. 104-120). 



5. " On the Methods Adopted in the Com- 

 putation of Barometric Eeduction Constants " 

 (Report of the Chief Signal Officer, Washing- 

 ton, 1882, appendix 61, pp. 826-846. Washing- 

 ton, 1883). 



6. " The Use of the Spectroscope in Meteor- 

 ological Observations" (U. S. signal service 

 notes, No. IV., pp. 7 -f- 3 pis., Washington, 

 1883). 



7. "Report of Observations Made on the 

 Expedition to Caroline Islands to Observe the 

 Total Eclipse of May 6, 1883 " (reprinted from 

 Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences, Vol. 2, Washington, 1884, pp. 64-1- 

 7 pis.). 



8. " Distribution of Rainfall in Neve Eng- 

 land February 10-14, 1886, from Observations 

 reported to the New England Meteorological 

 Society" (reprinted from Science of March 

 19, 1886, Providence, 1886, pp. 8). 



9. " An Investigation of Cyclonic Phe- 

 nomena in New England" (1887). 



10. " Meteorological Observations During 

 the Solar Eclipse August 19, 1887, at Chla- 

 mostina, Russia " (reprinted from the Ameri- 

 can Meteorological Journal, Ann Arbor, 1888, 

 pp. 25). 



11. " The Storm of March 11-14, 1888 " 

 (reprinted from American Meteorological 

 Journal, May, 1888, pp. 19). 



12. " Characteristics of New England Cli- 

 mate " (Harvard Astr. Ohs. Ann., "Vol. 21, 

 1890, pp. 265-273). 



13. " Meteorologial and Other Observations 

 Made in Connection with the Total Solar 

 Eclipse of January 1, 1889, at Willows, Cali- 

 fornia," by W. Upton and A. L. Rotch (Har- 

 vard Astr. Ohs. Ann., Vol. 29, 1892, pp. 34 + 

 2 pis.). 



14. " Star Atlas, Containing Stars Visible 

 to the Naked Eye and Clusters, Nebulae, and 

 Double Stars Visible in Small Telescopes . . . 

 and an Explanatory Text " (Boston, Ginn and 

 Co., 1896, pp. iv + 34. 



15. " Geographical Position of Arequipa 

 Station " (Harvard Astr. Ohs. Ann., Vol. 48, 

 1903, pp. 52-1-1 pi.). 



He was also the contributor of numerous 

 short articles to the Astronomische Nachrich- 

 ten since 1877, to Zeitschrift filr Meteorologie, 

 Siderial Messenger, Popular Astronomy, Sci- 

 ence, American Meteorological Journal, As- 

 tronomical Journal and other scientific publi- 

 cations. For over twenty years he wrote 

 monthly letters on astronomical topics for the 

 Providence Journal and was editor of the 

 astronomical part of the Providence Journal 

 Almanac 1894-1910. 



Professor Upton was a fellow of the Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence, a member of the Deutsche Meteorolo- 

 gische Gesellschaft, of the Phi Beta Kappa, 

 Sigma Xi Societies and of the Delta Upsilon 

 fraternity. He married, in 1882, Miss Cor- 

 nelia Augusta Babcock, of Lebanon Springs, 

 N. T., and their two daughters are graduates 

 of Smith College. 



At Brown University Professor Upton was 

 secretary of the faculty 1884-91, Dean 1900- 

 1901, one of the committee on organization of 

 the movement to increase the university en- 

 dowment 1910-11 ; and, for more than a score 

 years, a member of important administrative 

 committees. He was also an active church 

 worker, endowed with rare simplicity, genuine- 

 ness, and warmth of Christian faith, and, at 

 different times, glee-club and choir leader, and 

 organist. His musical talents (so often the 

 possession of astronomers and mathematicians) 

 were inherited from his father; the George P. 

 Upton who has given us many a pleasing 

 volume on musical topics is a distant relative. 

 Professor Upton was possessed of unusual 

 scientific ability, coupled with brilliancy and 

 rare clarity of thought and power of exposi- 

 tion of intricate subjects. Too much, it 

 seemed to some, did the university demand of 

 his time and strength to deal with adminis- 

 trative problems, when he might so easily have 

 multiplied his contributions to science. That 

 extensive projects in this direction were con- 

 templated are indicated by manuscripts left 

 behind. He had a good deal of personal 



