Annual Report of the Council. Ivii 



Hart the duty of the entire reconstruction of a large modern 

 chemical works. It is needless to say that under his capable 

 superintendence a fine, well equipped establishment was speedily 

 evolved. 



In 1887, in connection with the concentration of sulphuric 

 acid he made some very interesting and valuable researches into 

 the protective action of a coating of gold on the platinum vessels 

 used in this process. Heraeus carried this out practically in 

 1891. {/our. Soc, Che??i. Ind., 1891, pp. 460, 773). He was 

 one of the earliest members of the Society of Chemical Industry 

 when it was established in Manchester, and after being a member 

 of the Committee for many years, was elected Vice-Chairman 

 of the Manchester Section in 1897. 



Being educated in the old school of chemistry, Peter Hart 

 grew up under the old system of notation and nomenclature, and 

 remained wedded to them. He always "thought" in the 

 grain-decem-Fahrenheit system and the old equivalents, though 

 of course his recent papers were translated before publication 

 into the modern system. 



After about 50 years of work, his health began to fail in the 

 early part of 1897, and, suffering a relapse in May, he died on 

 the 30th of that month at his residence Gransmoor, Fairfield. 



Apart from the loss to technical and practical chemistry, the 

 removal of Peter Hart from the midst of those who knew him, 

 came as the loss of a friend and comrade, and left a blank which 

 will not soon be filled. The bright geniality of his presence, 

 his never failing quaint humour, the direct simplicity and 

 kindliness of his nature, secured affection for him where many 

 are fated to be content with respect. 



Appearances he scorned, the inner nature of a man was what 

 appealed to his sympathy, and opinion and advice were 

 tendered as freely as they were received by him. "I have 

 scarcely known anyone who could not teach me something " he 

 once remarked to the writer of this memoir, and this was 

 typical of his attitude to the youngest student of science as to 

 her most famous veteran. 



