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lished in 1837. This method of correcting for covered and 
uncovered objects is applied to all our better object-glasses_, 
and has since received some improvements at the suggestion 
of Mr. Powell. Mr. Eoss has also from time to time added 
improvements to the general structure of the compound 
microscope^ and suggested a variety of modifications in its 
accessory apparatus. If we are more indebted to him for 
his practical talent as a mechanician^ it was not because he 
had not the ability to contribute to the literature of his pro- 
fession. We have^ in fact^ from his pen one of the best 
articles that ever appeared on the microscope. This article 
was contributed to the ' Penny Cyclopsedia/ in 1839^, and is 
more or less the foundation of most practical treatises written 
since that time. Besides this masterly article^ and the paper 
already referred to^ I am not av»^are that Mr. Ross has con- 
tributed anything to the literature of the microscope ; but 
these must ever give him a place amongst those who asso- 
ciated with Joseph Jackson Lister^ and assisted to make the 
compound achromatic microscope the great instrument of 
research it is at the present day. 
Those who have been in the habit of attending the scientific 
societies of the metropolis during the last twenty years will 
all recollect the intelligent and benignant face of the late 
Mr. Eichard Taylor. Although for the last few years he had 
withdrawn from the activity of London life^ his decease 
did not take place till the beginning of last year^ and he con- 
tinued a member with us till his end. Mr. Taylor was not so 
well known as a man of science^ as he was as a man of letters 
who sympathised with men of science. He was a scholar^ 
and cultivated that class of literature which led him to regard 
with especial interest the progress of natural science. He 
was especially associated with those who cultivated natural 
history^ and was for many years a joint editor^ as well as 
printer and publisher of the ^Annals and Magazine of Natural 
History.^ He also edited four volumes of Scientific Memoirs^ 
which were published by him from 1838 to 1846^ containing 
translations of valuable scientific papers from the French and 
German. He was also^ in conjunction with the late Mr. 
Hichard Phillips^ the editor of the ^Philosophical Maga- 
zine/ from 1827 to 1832. These varied labours in connection 
with the literature of science^ constitute for him a strong 
claim to our remembrance and gratitude. His connection 
with the Linnean Society was more close than with any 
other, and he acted for many years as the Assistant Secretary 
of that Society. 
The death of Mr. Furze is one that must have caused great 
