
1904.| Annwersary Address by Sir William Huggins. 5 
taking an active part in the proceedings of scientific societies, especially of 
the Physical Society, of which he was a Vice-President. Professor Everett 
rendered important service to physical science, by his admirable translation 
of Deschanel’s “ Treatise of Natural Philosophy,’ which he brought up to date 
from time to time by the necessary additions and alterations, and by his 
“Tllustrations of the C.G.S. System,” which was translated into several 
languages, and proved of material service in the establishment of a physical 
system of units. He did important work as the secretary of the Committee 
of the British Association which effected the selection and naming of these 
dynamical and electrical units, and also of the Committee which has collected 
our main knowledge of underground temperatures. He was the inventor of 
a system of shorthand, which provides greater facilities for vowel insertion 
than other systems. He was enthusiastically devoted to cycling. A man of 
great kindliness and geniality, he is regretted by a large circle of friends, and 
will always be remembered by his numerous pupils with much gratitude and 
affection. 
Death has deprived us of a Fellow whose genial humour, clear judgment, 
and ready wit endeared him to many friends—Sir Frederick Bramwell. In 
Bramwell the love of things mechanical was inborn. At the time of his youth, 
technical education was all but unknown, and very few engineering students 
could take advantage of such a meagre scientific education as was then 
available. He was a striking example of what he himself said of some 
distinguished engineers :—“ That they literally became such because they could 
not help it.” With Bramwell the taste for engineering was innate and 
supreme. Study was not congenial to him; his extensive and _ varied 
knowledge was mainly the outcome of personal observation and experience. 
After some years’ varied experience in different engineering workshops he 
commenced practice on his own account in 1853. He soon made his mark ; 
but, as he especially shone in debate, where his judgment was rarely at fault, 
and he brought shrewd common sense to bear with happy flashes of wit and 
apt practical illustrations, he was irresistibly drawn from the constructive to 
the legal side of his profession, in which he received no little advantage from 
his powerful voice and his commanding presence. In giving evidence, 
Bramwell was remarkably able, and as an arbitrator his judgments were clear, 
judicial, and marked by legal acumen. In one or other capacity his services 
were in much demand during the last thirty or forty years. He was chosen 
President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1874, and, ten years 
later, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was President of 
the British Association at its meeting at Bath in 1888. He became one of 
