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report on the geology of the island for the Geological Survey of 

 Canada. 



He was appointed lecturer in mineralogy at McGill University 

 in 1871, and in the following year succeeded Dr. Sterry Hunt as 

 chemist and mineralogist to the Geological Survey of Canada, 

 discharging the duties of both positions for several years. In 

 1879 he retired from the Geological Survey of Canada and de- 

 voted his whole atteution to teaching work at McGill University 

 where he was subsequently appointed David Greenshields Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry and Mineralogy. In these pioneer days of 

 University work, he also lectured on mining and metallurgy, in 

 which subjects he proved to be a very able teacher, as shown by 

 the fact that many of his students in these subjects have since 

 risen to occupy foremost positions in the mining world. He was 

 also an enthusiastic botanist. 



Dr. Harrington was the author of several important reports 

 published by the Geological Si" ey of Canada, as well as of 

 many papers, chiefly dealing with mineralogy, which appeared 

 in various scientific publications. We are also indebted to him 

 for an excellent Life of Sir William Logan, the first Director of 

 the Geological Survey of Canada. 



He planned the Chemistry and Mining Building which was 

 erected for the University by Sir William Macdonald, and was 

 its Director until the time of his death. 



Dr. Harrington was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 

 being President of Section III of this Society for several years. 

 He was also President of the Natural History Society of Mon- 

 treal, and Vice-President of the Chemical Section of the British 

 Association for the Advancement of Science (Toronto meeting). 



In 1876 he married Anna Lois, daughter of Sir William Dawson, 

 and leaves three sons and four daughters to mourn his loss. 



He was a man of retiring disposition, but warm-hearted and 

 unselfish to a degree, — a personal friend of all his students, and 

 beloved by all who were fortunate enough to make his acquaint- 

 ance. FRANK D. ADAMS. 



Lord Kelvin, the eminent English physicist, died on Decem- 

 ber 1 7 in his eighty-fourth year. He was one of the intellectual 

 giants of his time, alike prominent for his contributions to the 

 higher mathematics and physics, and for his remarkable achieve- 

 ments in the practical applications of science, as shown conspicu- 

 ously, for example, in his work in connection with submarine 

 cable telegraphy. His greatness received full recognition at 

 home and abroad : he was made Sir William Thomson in 1886 

 and in 1892 received the title by which he has been known in 

 recent years ; he receives also a resting place in Westminster 

 Abbey, the first scientific man to be so honored since Darwin 

 was buried there in 1882. Of the details of his long and fruitful 

 life, of his wonderful power for work, his simplicity of character, 

 and his charming personality, this is not the place to speak. 



Dr. L. M. Underwood, Professor of Botany in Columbia 

 University, died on November 16 at the age of fifty-four years. 



