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THE SCIEN nST 
pointnieiit in the Nautical Almanac oftit'C 
to vvhicli vvei-e added at dlft'ei-ent time 
other appointments, such as the Geodic 
{ind Coast survey with other ab- 
struse computation in relation to the 
mov^ements of the atmosphere and the 
waves of the ocean, the basis of what we 
know about the appearance of cyclone ^ 
tornadoes, whirl-winds, cloud-burst and 
the like. Durino- his stay with the o-ov- 
ernment, embracing a period of 86 years, 
William Ferrel performed nuich niathe- 
niarical labor tl;at is to-day greatly ben- 
itltino- the scientist of the world. Since 
his resig'nation he lias only furnished one 
work entitled ''A Popular Treatise on the 
Winds" work of 500pai>'es. 
William Ferrel in early manhood at 
tached himself to the Christian church, 
but his mind havin«i; always been on a 
mathematical strain he never contributed 
anythin<^ to aid or oppose theoloo-ical 
opinions, prefering to leave such ques- 
tions to tlieolooians themselves. Late 
in life however, I think he rather in- 
■elined to the doctrine of die Unitarians 
as he often attended their church rather 
than any other. He was possessed of a 
clear head, clean hands and a pure and 
warm heart, was charitable in a high de 
gree, and ready to help any of his rela- 
tions to a start in life. He often contribu- 
ted to indigent poor on the streets of 
Kansas City while he lived there. In all 
]-elations of life William Ferrel was 
straightforward, neither deviating to the 
right or to the left, always unassuming, 
unpretending, and was as honest a man 
as ever lived or died. I cannot better 
]»oint out his true character to youv read- 
ers than I can by citing the last 
act of his life, which was to select so 
humble a resting place as that at May- 
wood, Kansas. 
Dr. Joshua Lindahl, State geologist of 
Illinois, has discovered kaolin in Union 
county capable of producing the best 
(piality of earthenware. 
Resolutions. 
Kansas Crrv Academy of Sc[en('k, Oct. 
20th 1891. 
WpiEKEAs: It lias been the will of the 
Almighty to riMuove from our midst our 
fellow member and friend, Prof. William 
Ferrel. 
Rksoevkd: That in his death we have 
lost a friend, a co-workor in science, and 
the woi-ld one of its greatest meteorolo- 
gists, our academy its first honorary 
niembei'. 
Resolved: That we tender oursymi)a- 
thy to his i-elatives :uid friends in their 
bereavement 
]lEsoL^ KD: That a copy of these reso- 
lutions l)e piinted in our official paper, 
along with a sketch of his life, and that 
copies of that issue be sent to his rela- 
tives. 
)^id.J. Hare. 
Committee [-Edwin Walters. 
) Dr. Jos. Sharp. 
The R]<:v. T. DivWitt T;\ lmage is cpioted 
as follows, the muscles of the body has 
14.000 different adaptions; these are 100,- 
000 glands, and 200,000,000 ])ores; the 
heart contracts 4,000 times everv hour 
and 250 pounds of blood rush through it 
every sixty seconds: the human voice, is 
capable, as has been estimated, of pro- 
ducing 17,597,186,044,515 rounds; there 
are hundreds of thousands of aninialcula 
living within a circle that could be 
covei-ed with the point of a pin; animals 
to which a rain-drop would be an ocean 
and the flash of a fire-fly lasting enough 
to give them light for several generations. 
Eliots translation of the scripture from 
the English to the dialect of the Algon- 
quins, which was published in 1661, con- 
tains the following similar meaning 
words. 
Finger — Muhkukquaitch , 
Wife — Nunaunionittuniwas'. 
Warrior — AumniennhkesuenonKjh. 
Dodge — Wunneepogqnkkomukqut. 
Mast — Schoghonganuhtugquot 
