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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  5. 
  Ihe 
  Elements 
  of 
  JBloiopipe 
  Analysis; 
  by 
  Frederick 
  

   Hutton 
  Getaian, 
  Instructor 
  of 
  Chemistry 
  in 
  the 
  Stamford 
  High 
  

   School; 
  pp. 
  11, 
  12mo. 
  New 
  York, 
  1899 
  (The 
  Macmillan 
  Co.).— 
  

   This 
  little 
  book 
  contains 
  a 
  brief 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  blow- 
  

   pipe 
  analysis, 
  and 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  reactions 
  of 
  

   prominent 
  substances 
  and 
  compounds; 
  also 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  common 
  ores 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  metals, 
  with 
  full 
  statement 
  of 
  

   their 
  blowpipe 
  characters. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  useful 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  

   do 
  not 
  desire 
  to 
  use 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  and 
  detailed 
  manuals. 
  

  

  Obituary. 
  

  

  Sir 
  John 
  William 
  Dawson. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  with 
  deep 
  regret 
  that 
  we 
  record 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Sir 
  William 
  

   Dawson, 
  which 
  took 
  place 
  at 
  Montreal 
  on 
  November 
  19th 
  in 
  the 
  

   *79th 
  year 
  of 
  his 
  age. 
  By 
  his 
  death 
  Canada 
  loses 
  a 
  distinguished 
  

   geologist 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  one 
  who 
  was 
  intimately 
  identified 
  with 
  educa- 
  

   tional 
  work 
  of 
  all 
  kinds, 
  but 
  more 
  especially 
  with 
  higher 
  educa- 
  

   tion, 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Quebec. 
  

  

  He 
  was 
  born 
  at 
  Pictou, 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  on 
  October 
  13th, 
  1820, 
  his 
  

   father 
  being 
  a 
  shipbuilder 
  in 
  that 
  town, 
  and 
  studied 
  at 
  Pictou 
  

   College 
  and 
  subsequently 
  at 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Edinburgh, 
  under 
  

   Jameson, 
  Forbes 
  and 
  Balfour. 
  He 
  returned 
  to 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  in 
  

   1847 
  and 
  three 
  years 
  later, 
  having 
  already 
  attracted 
  some 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  papers, 
  reports 
  and 
  lec- 
  

   tures, 
  he 
  was 
  appointed 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Education 
  for 
  that 
  

   Province. 
  His 
  work 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  position 
  obliged 
  him 
  

   to 
  travel 
  continually 
  through 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  and 
  on 
  

   these 
  journeys 
  he 
  accumulated 
  the 
  materials 
  for 
  his 
  largest 
  work, 
  

   that 
  entitled 
  " 
  Acadian 
  Geology." 
  While 
  carrying 
  on 
  this 
  work 
  

   he 
  met 
  Sir 
  Charles 
  Lyell, 
  with 
  whom 
  he 
  studied 
  the 
  now 
  cele- 
  

   brated 
  Joggin's 
  Section 
  on 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Fundy. 
  

  

  In 
  1855 
  Sir 
  William 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  the 
  Principalship 
  of 
  

   McGill 
  University, 
  a 
  position 
  which 
  he 
  held 
  until 
  1893. 
  He 
  was 
  

   at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  Professor 
  of 
  Geology, 
  and 
  the 
  University 
  pros- 
  

   pered 
  under 
  his 
  management 
  beyond 
  the 
  most 
  sanguine 
  expecta- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  its 
  friends. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  administering 
  the 
  affairs 
  of 
  

   the 
  University 
  and 
  delivering 
  several 
  courses 
  of 
  lectures 
  every 
  

   year, 
  he 
  was 
  first 
  and 
  foremost 
  in 
  every 
  movement 
  to 
  further 
  

   education 
  and 
  also 
  found 
  time 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  original 
  work 
  along 
  

   several 
  lines, 
  achieving 
  very 
  valuable 
  results. 
  He 
  was 
  also 
  the 
  

   author 
  of 
  many 
  popular 
  books 
  on 
  scientific 
  subjects, 
  more 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  geological 
  science. 
  

  

  In 
  1883 
  he 
  traveled 
  extensively 
  in 
  Egypt 
  and 
  Syria, 
  studying 
  

   the 
  geology 
  of 
  these 
  countries 
  and 
  its 
  relation 
  to 
  sacred 
  history. 
  

  

  