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summoned. His remains, accompanied by an escort from the 
University of Wisconsin, were removed to Ann Arbor, where 
they lay in state, in the university, during the 25th of Novem- 
ber, and on the following day, with due honors and imposing 
ceremonies conducted by his late colleagues, were reverently 
laid beneath the shade of Oakwood Cemetery. 
Professor Watson possessed extraordinary intellectual endow- 
ments. His quickness of perception nothing escaped. is 
mathematical intuitions scorned the ordinary processes of cal- 
culation, and gave him a masterly command of mathematical 
logic and formule, which made so many portions of his work 
on Theoretical Astronomy strictly original, and all parts vir- 
tually hisown. Yet he never mentions any claim to origin- 
ality, but pursues his majestic intellectual march with the 
dignity almost of an inspiration. His memory served him 
equally well. It was both circumstantial and philosophical. 
Every new observation was immediately illuminated by all 
which he had previously observed or known, and he saw 
Instantly the proper conclusions. His mechanical gifts gave 
him perfect command of instruments and their construction, 
and the Washburne Observatory would have been equipped 
with several of his inventions. His versatility extended to 
matters of business. He was for years the Actuary of the 
He used to say it is impossible for a mathematician to 
be an atheist; and his works offer frequent recognition of the 
being of the supreme Creator and Governor of the Universe. 
he world was not slow to recognize his worth. He was 
elected a member of the National Academy of Science, in 1867, 
and of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Italy, in 1870. He 
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itl ape degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in 1871. In 1875, 
Order of Medjidich of Turkey and Egypt. He was elected 
member of the American Philosophical Society in 1877, and 
received, the same year, the degree of Doctor of Laws from 
Columbia College. A. WINCHELL, 
Am. Jour, Sor—Tamep Srrtes, Vor, XXI, No, 121.—Jan., 1881. 
