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  PKOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  collect 
  largely 
  from 
  the 
  Jurassic 
  rocks 
  ; 
  and 
  his 
  work 
  was 
  facilitated 
  

   by 
  the 
  excavations 
  then 
  being 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  all 
  directions 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  raising 
  the 
  valuable 
  iron-ore 
  of 
  the 
  Northampton 
  Sand. 
  

   The 
  general 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  district 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  

   lived 
  were 
  communicated 
  to 
  this 
  Society 
  in 
  two 
  valuable 
  memoirs, 
  

   which 
  are 
  published 
  in 
  our 
  Journal. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sharp 
  was 
  not 
  only 
  distinguished 
  as 
  a 
  geologist, 
  but 
  his 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  numismatics 
  and 
  of 
  local 
  antiquities 
  was 
  very 
  great 
  ; 
  

   and 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  before 
  his 
  death 
  he 
  was 
  recognized 
  as 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  best 
  authorities 
  upon 
  these 
  subjects 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  where 
  

   he 
  lived. 
  During 
  thirty 
  years 
  he 
  succeeded 
  in 
  bringing 
  together 
  

   an 
  unrivalled 
  collection 
  illustrating 
  the 
  productions 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  

   Stamford 
  Mint; 
  his 
  valuable 
  memoir 
  on 
  these 
  interesting 
  coins, 
  

   with 
  its 
  several 
  supplements, 
  was 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Numismatic 
  

   Society, 
  and 
  constitutes 
  the 
  best 
  authority 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  ; 
  indeed, 
  

   as 
  an 
  archaeologist, 
  Mr. 
  Sharp 
  was 
  widely 
  known, 
  and 
  on 
  all 
  ques- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  local 
  antiquities 
  he 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  authorities 
  in 
  the 
  

   Midland 
  district. 
  He 
  laboured 
  energetically 
  to 
  found 
  a 
  good 
  pro- 
  

   vincial 
  museum 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Northampton, 
  and 
  placed 
  therein 
  

   valuable 
  contributions 
  from 
  his 
  own 
  large 
  geological 
  and 
  archaeolo- 
  

   gical 
  collections. 
  Mr. 
  Sharp 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  genial 
  and 
  hos- 
  

   pitable 
  of 
  men, 
  and 
  was 
  never 
  happier 
  than 
  when 
  contributing 
  to 
  

   the 
  instruction 
  and 
  pleasure 
  of 
  others 
  from 
  the 
  stores 
  of 
  knowledge 
  

   which 
  he 
  had 
  gradually 
  acquired 
  concerning 
  the 
  geology 
  and 
  anti- 
  

   quities 
  of 
  his 
  adopted 
  county. 
  During 
  his 
  later 
  years 
  Mr. 
  Sharp 
  

   was 
  precluded 
  from 
  active 
  exertion 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  by 
  feebleness 
  and 
  

   ill-health 
  ; 
  but 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  he 
  took 
  a 
  lively 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  advance 
  of 
  

   our 
  science. 
  Mr. 
  Sharp 
  was 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  and 
  Numis- 
  

   matic 
  Societies, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Antiquaries. 
  He 
  died 
  

   on 
  the 
  28th 
  of 
  January, 
  1882, 
  in 
  his 
  68th 
  year. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Eobekt 
  Mallet, 
  born 
  in 
  Dublin 
  on 
  June 
  the 
  3rd, 
  1810, 
  

   commenced 
  his 
  education 
  at 
  Bective-House 
  School 
  in 
  Dublin, 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  16, 
  in 
  December 
  1826, 
  went 
  to 
  Trinity 
  College, 
  

   Dublin, 
  where 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  four 
  years 
  he 
  took 
  his 
  B.A. 
  degree. 
  

   After 
  this 
  he 
  spent 
  much 
  time 
  in 
  his 
  father's 
  works, 
  visiting 
  

   engineering 
  establishments 
  in 
  England 
  at 
  every 
  opportunity. 
  

  

  In 
  1832 
  Mr. 
  Mallet 
  was 
  elected 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Irish 
  Aca- 
  

   demy, 
  the 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  ' 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  subsequently 
  enriched 
  by 
  

   several 
  important 
  papers. 
  

  

  Robert 
  Mallet 
  is 
  chiefly 
  known 
  to 
  science 
  as 
  a 
  civil 
  engineer 
  of 
  

   great 
  eminence, 
  and 
  also, 
  from 
  his 
  geological 
  and 
  physical 
  researches, 
  

   as 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  most 
  important 
  matter 
  upon 
  earthquake 
  pheno- 
  

   mena, 
  contributed 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  reports 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Association. 
  

   His 
  great 
  Earthquake 
  Catalogue, 
  prepared 
  for 
  that 
  body 
  by 
  himself 
  

   and 
  his 
  son, 
  was 
  completed 
  in 
  1858 
  : 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  lasting 
  monument 
  of 
  

   labour 
  and 
  research. 
  

  

  His 
  first 
  paper 
  on 
  earthquake 
  phenomena 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  

   1 
  Philosophical 
  Magazine 
  ' 
  for 
  1846, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  gave 
  an 
  account 
  

   and 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  vertical 
  motion 
  believed 
  or 
  supposed 
  to 
  

  

  