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Obituary. 



Charles Anthony Schott, for many years a prominent 

 member of the staff of the United States Coast Survey, died on 

 July 31 at the age of seventy-five years. Born at Mann- 

 heim, Germany, in 1826, he came to this country at the age of 

 twenty-two and at once entered the service of the United States 

 Coast Survey, in connection with which he was to do such impor- 

 tant work. A man of keen, well-trained and original mind, 

 endowed with unlimited energy and industry, his labors, carried 

 on for half a century, have contributed no small part to the 

 grand total accomplished by this Bureau. He was early 

 attached to the Computing Division and in 1855 he assumed 

 charge of this department, a position which he retained until 

 January, 1900 ; in 1856 he was advanced to the rank of assistant. 

 He is best known for his numerous and important contributions 

 to Terrestrial Magnetism, frequent references to which will be 

 found in these pages. It was in recognition of his services in this 

 direction that in 1898 he received the Wilde Prize from the 

 French Academy. After being relieved of his duties as Chief of 

 the computing division, early in 1900, he was assigned to the dis- 

 cussion of the arc measurements in the United States ; the 

 volume entitled " The Transcontinental Triangulation and Ameri- 

 can Arc of the Parallel" was prepared by him (see this Journal, 

 vol. xi, p. 172, 1901). This important work and another, "The 

 Eastern Oblique Arc of the United States," now about to be 

 issued, form a fitting close to the labors of a long and most useful 

 career. 



The following just tribute, adopted Aug. 1 by the members of 

 the Survey, well expresses the estimate of the man formed by 

 those most closely associated with him : " He was enthusiastic, 

 faithful, and diligent in all duties he was called upon to perform, 

 and through his learning and probity earned a reputation extend- 

 ing over two continents which is most worthy of emulation. 

 Conscientious and expert in his specialties, geodesy and terres- 

 trial magnetism, his labors added immeasurably to the reputation 

 of the Bureau and of his comrades who gathered the material he 

 so ably discussed. The methods of computation now in use in 

 the Bureau are an indelible record of his ability. His high ideals 

 of duty and his tireless and persistent striving for them made 

 him stand forth as a noble example of the best type of public 

 official, and his uniform kindliness endeared him to those who 

 knew him as a friend." 



Baron Adolf Erik Nordenskiold died at Stockholm on 

 August 12 in his sixty-ninth year. He was alike renowned for his 

 numerous and important contributions to the Mineralogy and 

 Geology of Scandinavia and even more for his intrepid explora- 

 tions in the far north. 



Dr. Wilhelm Schur, Professor of Astronomy at Gottingen, 

 well known both for his researches and his work as a teacher, 

 died the past summer at the age of fifty-five years. 



Baron de Lacaze-Duthiers, the celebrated French zoologist, 

 Professor in the Sorbonne, died on July 21 in his eighty -first year. 



