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Harrison was a skilful amateur-photographer, and to his initiation 

 was largely owing the foundation of the well-known Midland 

 Photographic Survey. He was also one of the first in the Midlands 

 to make use of photography for the purpose of illustrating scientific 

 teaching, lectures, and papers. "When the history of the com- 

 paratively recent application of photography for the teaching and 

 illustration of Geology comes to he written, Harrison's name will 

 stand in the first rank among those of the most enthusiastic and 

 active local pioneers. The National Collection of Geological Photo- 

 graphs contains some hundreds of examples of his work. 



Harrison was the author of the well-known ' Geology of the 

 Counties of England & Wales ' and of various text-hooks on geology, 

 geography, etc. 



He took every opportunity as a teacher to inculcate the love of 

 science among his many pupils, and he was one of the first to 

 organize geological and geographical excursions among them for the 

 purpose of studying the actual phenomena in the field. Although 

 throughout life one of the busiest of men, he found time to join 

 frequently and heartily in the work of the various local scientific 

 societies : whether as Secretary, President, or Lecturer, his interest 

 and enthusiasm were infectious and stimulative. [C. L.] 



Joseph Lomas (1860-1908). — Joseph Lomas was educated at the 

 Ptoyal College of Science, and on the completion of his studies was 

 appointed Science Demonstrator to the School-Board, and subse- 

 quently Special Lecturer in Geology in the University, of Liverpool. 

 Soon after taking up his residence in that city he entered University 

 College as a research student, and undertook an investigation of 

 the marine Polyzoa ; among numerous other interesting obser- 

 vations, he recorded the occurrence of calcareous spicules in the 

 Ctenostomata. He took part in submarine explorations of the Irish 

 Sea, and in connexion with the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee 

 wrote an account of the deposits forming its bed. A collection in 

 illustration of the results of this research is preserved in the Museum 

 of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street. At the same time he engaged 

 in researches into the Glacial phenomena of the neighbourhood of 

 Liverpool and of several areas in North "Wales — work that was 

 recognized by this Society by an Award from the Lyell Pund. He 

 also wrote on the basalts of Mull, the fossil plants of the Carboni- 

 ferous, the coasts of Lancashire and Cheshire, and on Comparative 

 Lithology. Of late years he directed his attention more especially 



