528 Obituary — Dr. Ferdinand von Hochdetler. 



by Dr. F. von Hoclistetter and Dr. A. Petermann). Hochstetter also 

 published both in German and in English his "Travels in New- 

 Zealand" (Stuttgart, 1863). During the Novara Expedition he 

 wrote and sent home reports of his travels which were published in 

 42 numbers of the " Wiener Zeitung." 



Within two months after his return (on the 29th of February, 

 1860) Hochstetter was appointed Professor of Mineralogy and 

 Geology in the Eoyal and Imperial Polytechnic Institute in Vienna, 

 a post which he held until 1874. Here he published a Text 

 Book of Mineralogy and Geology, which completed its 5th edition 

 in 1884. In 1869 he was invited to study the geology of the 

 countrj'^ along the lines of railway then in construction between 

 Constantinople and Belgrade, in company with the engineers and 

 surveyors. The result of his researches, with appropriate maps and 

 sections, appeared in the Jahrbuch der k.k. geol. Eeich. Vienna 

 (1870, Bd. XX. and 1872, Bd. xxii.), and was very fully noticed 

 in the Geol. Mag. Vol. VIII. 1871, pp. 466-473, and Vol. X. 1873, 

 pp. 274-277. 



In 1872 Hochstetter undertook with Prof. Toula a journey through 

 Eussia to Boguslow and Turjinsk on the eastern side of the Urals. 



He was made president of the k.k. Geological Society of Vienna 

 in 1867, a post which he held until 1882, when he resigned the 

 chair through ill-health. 



Hochstetter was selected in 1872 by the Emperor of Austria as 

 tutor in natural history to H.S. Highness the Crown Prince Eudolph. 



Some idea may be formed of the versatility of Prof, von Hoch- 

 stetter's genius from the scientific subjects which are embodied in 

 his publications. 



Besides those already enumerated may be cited " ' Earth-oil ' and 

 'Earth-wax' in the Sandecer District, Galicia " (1865), "On the 

 alleged Trachyt-find of Ortler" (1865), "Deep-soundings in the 

 lake of Karnten" (1865), "On the Slate-quarries of Maria-thai in 

 Hungary " (1866), " On the Eozoon of Kruman," " On the Coal and 

 Iron-works of Anina-Steyerdorf " (1867), "Section through the 

 North side of the Bohemian Chalk Formation from Wartenberg to 

 Turnau " (1868), " Eeptilian Impressions in the ' Eothliegende ' of 

 Eossitz-Aslawan " (1868), "Ehinoceros-remains from Grassengriin in 

 Bohemia" (1871), "Orthoclase crystal of Koppenstein in the Carlsbad 

 Mountains" (1872), " Eemains of Ursits spelceus in the Igritzer Cave 

 in Biharer, Hungary" (1875), " Cerviis megaceros of Nussdorf" 

 (1875), "The Earthquake of Peru on Aug. 13th, 1868," and "The 

 Tide-wave in the Pacific Ocean from 13th to 16tli August," "Ex- 

 periments on the internal structure of Volcanos and on the Miniature 

 Volcanos of Schwefeld " (1870). 



In 1876 he was made Superintendent of the k.k. State Natural 

 History Museum in Vienna, and was occupied incessantly in its 

 reorganization until the day of his death, July 18th, 1884. 



His loss will be keenly felt by a large circle of friends in Austria 

 and elsewhere, by whom Prof. Hochstetter was warmly appreciated 

 and justly admired. 



