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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  5. 
  Harper's 
  Scientific 
  Memoirs, 
  edited 
  by 
  J. 
  S. 
  Ames, 
  Ph.D. 
  

   Volumes 
  v, 
  vi, 
  and 
  vii 
  of 
  this 
  valuable 
  series 
  (see 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  pp. 
  199, 
  

   504) 
  have 
  been 
  recently 
  issued. 
  Their 
  subjects 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  77/e 
  Laws 
  of 
  Gases. 
  Memoirs 
  by 
  Robert 
  Boyle 
  and 
  Vj. 
  H. 
  Amagat. 
  Trans- 
  

   lated 
  and 
  edited 
  by 
  Professor 
  Carl 
  Barus. 
  

  

  The 
  Second 
  Law 
  of 
  Thermodynamics. 
  Memoirs 
  by 
  Carnot, 
  Clausius, 
  and 
  

   Thomson. 
  Translated 
  and 
  edited 
  by 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Magie. 
  

  

  The 
  Fundamental 
  Laws 
  of 
  Electrolytic 
  Conduction. 
  Memoirs 
  by 
  Faraday, 
  Hit- 
  

   torf, 
  and 
  F. 
  Kohlrausch. 
  Translated 
  and 
  edited 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Goodwin. 
  

  

  OBITUARY. 
  

  

  Edward 
  Orton, 
  Professor 
  of 
  Geology 
  in 
  the 
  Ohio 
  State 
  Uni- 
  

   versity, 
  died 
  at 
  Columbus, 
  Ohio, 
  Oct. 
  16th, 
  in 
  the 
  seventieth 
  year 
  

   of 
  his 
  age. 
  Professor 
  Orton 
  is 
  chiefly 
  known 
  among 
  scientific 
  

   men 
  by 
  his 
  contributions 
  to 
  Geology. 
  Since 
  1865, 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  

   resident 
  of 
  Ohio, 
  and, 
  while 
  his 
  labors 
  have 
  extended 
  to 
  all 
  

   branches 
  of 
  geological 
  science, 
  his 
  close 
  watch 
  of 
  the 
  exploita- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  petroleum 
  and 
  natural 
  gas, 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  and 
  the 
  neighboring 
  

   States 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  Indiana, 
  has 
  given 
  him 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  pre- 
  

   eminence 
  as 
  interpreter 
  of 
  these 
  important 
  geological 
  products. 
  

   He 
  took 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  volumes 
  1, 
  2 
  and 
  3, 
  of 
  the 
  

   reports 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  as 
  

   State 
  Geologist, 
  issued 
  volumes 
  4, 
  5, 
  6 
  and 
  7. 
  He 
  was 
  

   appointed 
  State 
  Geologist 
  in 
  1882, 
  and 
  has 
  held 
  that 
  position 
  up 
  

   to 
  the 
  present 
  year. 
  In 
  1897, 
  he 
  Avas 
  elected 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  

   Geological 
  Society 
  of 
  America, 
  and 
  as 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  Science, 
  presided 
  at 
  the 
  

   recent 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Association, 
  in 
  Columbus, 
  in 
  August 
  last. 
  

   Professor 
  Orton 
  was 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  broad 
  culture 
  and 
  of 
  influence 
  

   outside 
  his 
  chosen 
  science. 
  Born 
  at 
  Deposit, 
  Delaware 
  Co., 
  

   N. 
  Y., 
  he 
  entered 
  Hamilton 
  College, 
  graduating 
  in 
  1848. 
  He 
  

   spent 
  a 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  Lane 
  Theological 
  Seminary, 
  and 
  in 
  1852, 
  

   took 
  a 
  course 
  of 
  studies 
  in 
  chemistry 
  and 
  botany 
  at 
  the 
  Law- 
  

   rence 
  Scientific 
  School. 
  For 
  three 
  years 
  he 
  was 
  professor 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  Science 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Normal 
  School 
  at 
  Albany. 
  He 
  

   was 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  president 
  of 
  Antioch 
  College, 
  Yellow 
  Springs, 
  

   Ohio, 
  and 
  then 
  became 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Agricultural 
  

   and 
  Mechanical 
  College, 
  which 
  has 
  now 
  become 
  the 
  State 
  

   University. 
  He 
  resigned 
  the 
  presidency 
  and 
  became 
  State 
  

   Geologist 
  in 
  1882. 
  He 
  was 
  greatly 
  beloved 
  and 
  esteemed 
  by 
  

   those 
  who 
  knew 
  him. 
  A 
  fellow-townsman 
  writes 
  of 
  him 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows: 
  "In 
  him 
  were 
  combined 
  the 
  deep 
  thinking 
  of 
  the 
  philoso- 
  

   pher, 
  the 
  research 
  of 
  the 
  scholar, 
  the 
  impulses 
  of 
  an 
  honorable 
  

   man, 
  the 
  manners 
  of 
  a 
  gentleman, 
  combined 
  with 
  infinite 
  liberal- 
  

   ity, 
  toleration 
  and 
  affability. 
  As 
  teacher, 
  lecturer, 
  college 
  presi- 
  

   dent 
  and 
  man 
  he 
  distinguished 
  himself 
  from 
  his 
  fellow-men 
  without 
  

   falling 
  victim 
  to 
  the 
  pride 
  which 
  too 
  often 
  goes 
  hand 
  in 
  hand 
  with 
  

   greatness." 
  Dr. 
  Orton 
  received 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  Ph.D. 
  from 
  Hamil- 
  

   ton 
  College 
  in 
  1848, 
  and 
  LL.D. 
  from 
  Ohio 
  State 
  University 
  in 
  1881. 
  

  

  