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detached by a sudden jar. To operate successfully, according 
to this method, a thermometer of large bore is required. In 
In selecting a thermometer some idea of the nature of the 
bore, whether regular or not, can be formed by inspection 
without the aid of detached columns. If examination with a 
reveals a straight smooth exterior it generally denotes the 
same interior qualities. 
Art. XLVIIL—Notice of William Hallowes Miller ; 
by J. P. Cooks.* 
Witrram Hattowrs Miniter, who was elected Foreign 
Honorary Member of this Academy in the place of C. F. 
Naumann, May 26th, 1874, died at his residence in Cambridge, 
England, on the 20th of May, 1880, at the age of 79, having 
been born at Velindre in Wales, April 6th, 1801. His life 
Was singularly uneventful even fora scholar. Graduating with 
mathematical honors at Cambridge in 1826 he became a fellow 
of his College (St. J ohns) in 1829, and was elected Professor of 
'neralogy in the University in 1832. Amidst the calm and 
gant associations of this ancient English University, Miller 
passed a long and tranquil life—crowded with useful labors, 
honored by the respect and love of his associates and blessed 
by congenial family ties. This quiet student life was exactly 
suited to his nature, which shunned the bustle and unrest of 
our modern world. For relaxation even he loved to seek the 
retired valleys of the Eastern Alps; and the description which 
€ once gave to the writer, of himself sitting at the side of 
his wife amidst the grand scenery, intent on developing crys- 
tallographic formule while the accomplished artist traced the 
magnificent outlines of the Dolomite Mountains, was a beauti- 
ful idy] of science. 
Miller's activities, however, were not confined to the Uni- 
versity. In 1838 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society, 
and in 1856 he was appointed its Foreign Secretary,—a post for 
Which he was eminently fitted and which he filled for many 
years. In 1843 he was selected one of a committee to superin- 
: Read before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, and to 
‘ppear in the Proceedings. : 
