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firm of Messrs. McClean & Stileman, and was engaged in important 

 work in connection with docks and railways at Barrow-in-Furness 

 and London. In 1870 he retired from business, and devoted him- 

 self to scientific work, connected especially with Spectroscopic 

 Astronomy. In 1891 he received the Gold Medal of the Royal 

 Astronomical Society. He had been elected a Fellow of our own 

 Society in 1863. 



In addition to his scientific work, Dr. McClean was engaged in 

 many other studies. He has advanced his favourite science, not 

 only by his researches, but also by his benefactions, including the 

 foundation of the Isaac-Newton Studentships at Cambridge for the 

 encouragement of study and research in Astronomy and Physical 

 Optics. He died at Brussels in November 1904. 



Isaac Roberts, Hon.D.Sc. (Dublin), F.R.S., F.R.A.S., was born 

 in Denbighshire in 1829, but spent the early years of his life in 

 Liverpool. Engaged in business, he amassed a fortune sufficient to 

 allow him to devote himself to scientific pursuits. At first he 

 occupied himself with the study of Geology, and, among other 

 papers, wrote one on the filtration of sea- water through the Triassic 

 sandstones. He also conducted experiments on the movements of 

 underground waters around Liverpool. 



In 1890 he removed to Crowborough, where he died on July 17th, 

 1904. Though not losing his interest in Geology, he devoted his 

 later years to the study of Astronomy, being especially interested 

 in Stellar Photography, and he received the Gold Medal of the 

 Royal Astronomical Society in 1895. 



Percival Fowler, M.Inst.C.E., was the son of the late Sir John 

 Fowler. He was a well-known mining engineer, and at one time 

 was engaged in the exploration of Dutch Guiana. He was elected 

 a Fellow of this Society in 1882. 



R. G. Macxxey Browne, F.S.A., was an Officer of the Admiralty- 

 Division of the Supreme Court of Judicature, and an authority on 

 Admiralty practice. For twenty-one years he was Marshal of the 

 Admiralty-Court, and wrote works on « Admiralty-Procedure 

 against Merchant Ships & Cargoes ' and on 4 The Statute-Laws of 

 Merchant Shipping.' He was elected a Fellow of our Society in 

 1867. His interest in Geology is indicated by the fact that he 

 read two papers before the Society. He died at Brighton in his 

 83rd year. 



