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least aberration, and least thickness. Claudet realized these views in his 

 portraiture with a small topaz lens, which reached with equal distinctness 

 every plane of the figure. He then communicated the nature and result 

 of his experiments to the British Association at Dundee ; and his work was 

 done. His last illness, in December 1867, was of very brief duration. He 

 suddenly passed away from us, in the 70th year of his age, while his mental 

 powers retained the vigour and freshness of youth ; and by his death pho- 

 tography lost a father, and very many photographers a friend. 



The scientific life of Claudet is given at length in a " Memoir " pub- 

 lished in the 'Scientific Review,' and reprinted for distribution at the 

 Meeting of the British Association at Norwich in August 1868. In an 

 Appendix there is a list of forty papers communicated from 1841 to 1867 

 to the Royal and other Philosophical Societies and to photographic and 

 philosophical publications in England and France. Here also we have a 

 striking portrait of this zealous photographer, obtained with his Focus- 

 Equalizer, and printed from the only negative preserved when his "Temple 

 to Photography" in Regent Street was destroyed by fire, " a few weeks 

 after its chief priest had quitted it for ever." 



In recognition of his merits M. Claudet received awards of eleven medals, 

 including the Council Medal of the Universal Exhibition, 1851, besides 

 that, being on juries, on other great occasions he was excluded from the 

 awards. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1853, and in 

 1865 he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. — J. B. R. 



Charles James Beverly, F.R.S., F.L.S., was born in August 1788, 

 at Fort Augustus in the Highlands, where his father's regiment was then 

 quartered. He entered the Navy in 1810 as Assistant Surgeon, and was 

 employed in that capacity during four years on the Baltic and Mediterra- 

 nean stations, but chiefly the latter, in H. M. SS. c Pyramus,' ' Resistance,' 

 and ' Caledonia,' during which period he was frequently sent in boats on 

 cutting-out expeditions, and was present at the capture of Porto d'Anzo in 

 1813. He was then placed on Lord Exmouth's list for promotion, but, 

 falling into bad health, was sent to England in charge of sick and wounded 

 from the fleet. 



On his recovery he was appointed to the ' Tiber' as Assistant Surgeon, 

 and served in that ship till 1818, when, upon a strong recommendation, he 

 was selected by the Admiralty to be Assistant Surgeon in the * Isabella,' 

 then about to proceed to the polar regions under the command of Sir J ohn 

 Ross. In 1819 and 1820 he served in Sir Edward Parry's first expedition, 

 and passed the winter at Melville Island, discovered in that well-known 

 voyage. On his return he was promoted to the rank of Full Surgeon, 

 having seen more than ten years' service in sea-going ships as Assistant 

 Surgeon, and being highly commended for his skill and care in bis at- 

 tendance on the sick. He subsequently suffered from an affection of his 

 eyes, and immediately on his recovery was nominated most unexpectedly 



