G. J. Brush on Hortonolite. 17 
but they must have overlooked the much earlier discovery of 
Page, as they made no mention of i 
After the close of his experiments with electro-magnetic en- 
gines, he discontinued, for the most part, his labors in electri- 
cal science, and devoted himself largely to horticulture, in the 
rural homestead where he then dwelt, near the suburbs of the 
city of Washington. It was here that he had conducted the 
greater va of his experiments on electro-magnetic ba It 
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as our po hae had. 
Professor Page was married to Miss Priscilla S. Webster in 
1843, who survives him with three sons and two daughters. 
He always took a lively interest in the great questions of 
the day, and in his home circle, and in all the relations of life, 
he was ever distinguished by the same lively geniality and ami- 
ability of temper that was so characteristic of him in his 
school and college days. L. 
Art. I1.—On Hortonolite, a new member of the Chrysolite 
group; by Guo. J. BrusH, with measurements and observa- 
tions on the crystalline form of the mineral, by Jonn M. 
BLAKE. ; 
of the oe ‘the spon to be orthorhombic atte than 
monoclinic, a = confirmed by Mr. Blake’s measure- 
ments, further 
The mineral an a yellow to dark yellowish green — on ‘the 
fresh fracture and a vitreous to resinous luster, although the 
Am. Jour. Sct.—Seconp Seriss, Vou. XLVIII, No. ikea 1869. 
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