708 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
A called meeting of the Medico-Chirurgical Society was held at its hall, 
2334 Washington Avenue, to take action on the death of the eminent Doctor, 
who was one of the early members of the Society. Remarks on the eminent 
character of the deceased as a physician and man of science were made, after 
which the Society adjourned, proceeding to the residence, 3003 Locust Street, 
in a body, to attend the funeral services. Here, too, assembled the German 
Medical Society, the Academy of Science and the other bodies of which the 
Doctor was an honored member. A large number of citizens of other profes- 
sions were present. 
The funeral discourse was pronounced by Reverend Dr. Eliot, Chancellor of 
Washington University. He dwelt on the indefatigable character of the de- 
ceased and his labors in the cause of science. The best monument to his mem- 
ory, he told his associates in the Academy of Science, would be to build that 
institution up as he would have had it builded. 
The meeting of the St. Louis Academy of Science, held on Monday even- 
ing, February 19th, was devoted entirely to honoring the late brother member 
and was addressed at length by Professor Nipher and Mr. M. L. Gray, after 
which appropriate resolutions were passed, including one providing for the pro- 
curing of a bust portrait, full size, to be kept in the rooms of the Academy. The 
remarks made were very impressive, and would have been published in this 
number of the Review if they had been received in time. 
DEATH OF PROFESSOR GUYOT. 
Prof. Arnold Guyot, Ph.D., died, on February 8th, at his home in Prince- 
ton, N. J., at the age of seventy-six years. This eminent geographer was born 
near Neufchatel, Switzerland, September 28, 1807, and was educated there and 
at Stuttgart and Carlsruhe, in which latter place he formed an intimate acquaint- 
ance with Louis Agassiz, and with him began the study of natural science, and 
they together investigated the glaciers of the Alps. Guyot studied theology for 
three years at Neufchatel and at Berlin : but being deeply interested in scientific 
studies, he abandoned his preparation for the ministry and devoted himself to 
physics, meteorology, chemistry, mineralogy, zoology, and botany. 
In 1835 he went to Paris, where he resided for five years, passing his win- 
ters in study, and the summers in scientific excursions in France, Belgium, Hol- 
land, and Italy. He made a tour in 1838 in Switzerland, and first discovered 
the laminated structure of the ice in glaciers, the motion of the central portion 
being more rapid than that of the borders, as in streams of water He showed 
that the motion of the glacier is due to the displacement of its molecules. These 
important discoveries were fully confirmed and illustrated by the investigation of 
Agassiz, F'obes, and others, several years afterward. For seven years he ex- 
plored the Alps in Switzerland and Italy, to determine the distribution of erratic 
boulders and the mode of their transportation. He explored a tract three hun- 
