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1906 ; and ' Modern Lithology, illustrated and defined,' published 

 in 1907. Later he was employed in India and Burma, mainly in 

 economic geology, and was for a time Director of the Geological 

 Survey of Porbandar State. In India he published some Reports 

 on the Economic Geology of Navangar State (1914) and of Por- 

 bandar State (1917). 



William Brindley, whose intimate knowledge of antique 

 marbles and other ornamental stones rendered him a leading 

 authority in matters relating to ancient architecture, died at his 

 residence at Boscombe on February 10th, 1919, in his 87th year, 

 after a Fellowship dating from 1888. He was born in Derbyshire 

 in 1832, and educated locally. Very early in life he developed a 

 remarkable talent for sketching, designing, and carving, and 

 overcame great difficulties in the pursuit of his bent. Coming to 

 London while still young, he soon became known as a clever carver, 

 and carried out many important works. Later, as a member of 

 the firm of Farmer & Brindley, he came into touch with the 

 leading architects of the day, and his opinion was much sought, in 

 questions of mateiual and architectural art. When circumstances 

 permitted, he travelled widely in Europe and Northern Africa in 

 •search of the sources of antique decorative rocks, and he re- 

 discovered the quarries of Imperial Egyptian porphyry, Verde 

 Antico, and Greek Cipollino marbles. He was joint-author with 

 Mr. W. S. Weatherley of an elaborate book on ' Ancient Sepulchral 

 Monuments,' published in 1887 ; and he contributed to the Royal 

 Institute of British Architects papers on ' Marble, its Uses as 

 suggested by the Past,' ' The Ancient Quarries of Egypt,' and 

 ' The Modern Aspects of Marble Work in Architecture.' A man 

 of indomitable energy and wide interests, he spared no pains to 

 amass knowledge connected with his life's work, and in doing so 

 gained much besides. 



By the death of Frederick George Meachem on May 25th, 

 1919, the mining world of the Midlands has lost a notable figure. 

 Born on September 11th, 1860, he commenced his training as a 

 mining engineer under his father, Mr. Isaac Meachem, when the 

 latter was engaged in sinking the Hamstead Pit, Great Barr, near 

 Birmingham ; and on his father's death the son became manager 

 of the colliery. F. G. Meachem formed one of the rescue-party 

 at the time of the great colliery-disaster at Hamstead, which 

 occurred just prior to his father's death. He was the first to 



