a Obituary. 
mathematical ability were evident during his oaherny course at 
Yale College, where he graduated in 1843. Early in 1844, he was ap- 
pointed an assistant in the High School Obaervatot "'y, a Philadelphia, 
then in charge of the distinguished astronomer, Sears C. Walker. The 
to reduce his Rocky Mountain observations, and was invited to accom- 
pany him on his next expedition. Declining this offer, he was, at the 
instance of Fremont and Senator Benton, appointed by Hon, Geo. Ban- 
croft, then Secretary of the Navy, a Professor of Mathematics in the 
‘the time of his death. The sind volumes of the Washington observa- 
tions are full of the evidences of his skill as an observer and a computer. 
His powers, under the peculiar management of Superintendent Maury, 
were made to contribute, perhaps, more to the factitious reputation of 
that person, than to his own advantage e flight of Maury to his 
own place, and the accession of Gilliss to the POR i of the Observatory, 
was no less a matter of oie ra to American science than to the 
officers of the Observato 
Pro 
ihe of science. He was married in 1848, but his wife died before him. 
He left no children. 
mes Renwick Curtron, of New York, long known as a leading 
commercial chemist, died at Yonkers, N. Y., July 24, 1863, at the age 
of 5 4 yea 
Senta Masterman, of Weld, Lar died July 19, 1863, aged 32 
yea He was an esteemed astronom cal observer and an occasional 
eprrespondent of this Journal. A iat of his life 4 labors will ap- 
our next. 
M or THe American ACADEMY or ARTS AND Beno, New Series, vol- 
viii, part i—1, An unpublished Grammatical Fragment: Petronius Arbiter de An- 
tiquis Di ctionibus ; ; Charles Beck.—27, On the Alloys of Copper inc; Fran 
Hi. Storer: —5i7, On the Impurities of ‘ormerea Zine, with special reference to the 
e rsenic: Charles W. Eliot and 
ten ote Storer Remarks on ce latest form of the Development 1heory; 
Fi .—123, On the Secular Variations and Mutual Relations of the Or- 
bits of te bat Asteroids ; Simon Newcomb.—153, Plante Wrightiane e Cuba. : 
(Polypetalee et Ay tale) ; A. Grissbach-—198, Filice’ Wrightiane et Fendlerians, : 
—nempe in ba a Carolo WwW in Vi enezuela ab Aug. Fen 
1854-60 (nonn ne aa Daniel C. Eaton 
eae, magne lizht of the. Moon an off ie e planet age George P. Bond. 
—287, Comparison of the light of the S: Bond.—299, A Cata- 
TS a ee Oa ot per Bole 
