468 Letter from B. A. Gould. 
reports. That this long period of activity, over thirty years, 
devoted so largely to work almost purely administrative, was a 
Severe tax upon a man of Professor Henry’s great productive 
power and ability in original research can hard] y be questioned. 
On the other hand, it rarely falls to the lot of any man of 
science to do so much for the best interests of the entire body 
of scientific workers, or to succeed so well in securing respect 
and methods. This is conspicuous in many ways in the his- 
its guidance. 
rofessor Henry leaves a wife and three unmarried daughters, 
who have been assiduous helpers in the scientific work of their 
father, making good to a degree the loss of an only son, whose 
death in early manhood, was a sad disappointment of parental 
va and youthful promise. 
rofessor Henry was buried May 16th, in the Rock Creek 
governmental explorations during the past twenty years, under 
d 
Cemetery, near Georgetown, D. C. The President of the 
United States, the cabinet officers, diplomatic corps and mem- 
of Congress and of the Natioual Academy, were among 
the mourners. B. 8. 
Art. LXXI.—Letter to the Editors from Dr. B. A. Gout, of 
the Cordoba Observatory, dated Cordoba, March 20, 1878. 
I Ave before me the first part of three different letters to you, 
which I have begun during the last eighteen months, but the 
ceaseless pressure of labor in collecting and arranging materials 
during this interval has left little opportunity for elaborating, and 
_ tions are ‘Tned. the part which remains is but the computa- 
Hon and publication of these results, and is going forward 
_ Fapidly as the nature of the case permits. 
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