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ment. His personality was always agreeable and 

 his friends were quite as devoted to him as those 

 who were drawn to him by scientific ties. He 

 was a manly man, honest, frank and straight- 

 forward in his conduct. He was always ready 

 to take an active part in all the social festivities 

 attending scientific reunions and was a welcome 

 guest at a banquet or a smoker. His death re- 

 moves from the field of scientific labor a faithful 

 worker before he had reached his prime, while 

 still full of promise made more sure by past 

 achievements. As a man, as an investigator, as 

 a coworker and as a friend we mourn his loss. 



At the regular meeting of the Chemical 

 Society of Washington held in the Assembly 

 Hall of the Cosmos Club on Thursday even- 

 ing, March 10, 1904, the following resolutions 

 were presented by Dr. Marion Dorset and, in 

 accordance with the custom of the society, 

 were ordered spread upon the minutes of the 

 meeting, published in Science and a copy fur- 

 nished to the family of the deceased. 



Whereas, We, the members of the Washington 

 section of the American Chemical Society have 

 heard with deep regret and profound sorrow of 

 the sudden and unexpected death of Dr. E. A. 

 de Schweinitz, be it 



Resolved, That we hereby record this expression 

 of our grief on account of the loss which we, his 

 colleagues, have suffered, and which the soientifie 

 world at large has experienced through his un- 

 timely death. As a member and past president 

 of this society he contributed in great measure 

 to its success, and we feel that his death has re- 

 moved not only a friend but a colaborer who has 

 done much towards the advancement of his chosen 

 profession; be it further 



Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon 

 the minutes of this society and that a copy be 

 furnished his family, to whom we extend our 

 sincere sympathy in their bereavement. 



Dr. H. W. Wiley, in seconding the resolu- 

 tions, said : " Dr. de Schweinitz was first ap- 

 pointed in the Division of Chemistry on 

 August 23, 1888. A full account of his serv- 

 ice to science, a list of the papers he has pub- 

 lished and his career in medical educational 

 work are found in the proceedings of the 

 memorial meeting held in his honor at Co- 

 lumbian University on Saturday evening, 

 March 7. 



" It is not necessary to recapitulate these 



proceedings here, as they will be published and 

 made available to all his personal and scien- 

 tific friends." 



DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RE- 

 SEARCH IN TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM . 



OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION. 

 The Trustees of the Carnegie Institution 

 at their annual meeting last December author- 

 ized the establishment of what is to be known 

 as the ' Department of International Research 

 in Terrestrial Magnetism.' An allotment of 

 twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) was made 

 with the expectation that, if the proposed 

 work should be successfully organized, a sim- 

 ilar sum would be granted annually for the 

 period requisite to carry out the plan sub- 

 mitted by the writer, indorsed by leading in- 

 vestigators, and published in the Year Book 

 No. 2 of the Carnegie Institution. 



The undersigned has been appointed director 

 of the department, and has been given full 

 authority to organize it beginning with April 

 1, 1904. Arrangements have also been made 

 so that the magnetic survey and magnetic 

 observatories of the United States, conducted 

 under the Coast and Geodetic Survey, re- 

 main in his charge, as heretofore. 



The general aim of the work is ' to investi- 

 gate such problems of world-wide interest as 

 relate to the magnetic and electric condition 

 of the earth and its atmosphere, not specifi- 

 cally the subject of inquiry of any one coun- 

 try, but of international concern and benefit.' 

 The priane purpose, therefore, of this depart- 

 ment, is not to supplant any existing organ- 

 ization, but rather to supplement, in the most 

 effective manner possible, the work now being 

 done, and to enter only upon such investiga- 

 tions as lie beyond the powers and scope of 

 the countries and persons actively interested 

 in terrestrial magnetism and atmospheric 

 electricity. 



At first principal stress will be laid upon 

 the complete reduction, discussion and corre- 

 lation of the, existing observational data and 

 upon early publication of the results in suit- 

 able form, in order to Cjdiibit the present 

 state of our knowledge. In this way will be 

 revealed the gaps to be filled and the direction 



