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POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW. 
But another man of worth and talent has also recently departed this 
life. There are few living men who have done so much in the cause of 
science as the late Professor Quekett ; and he too attained considerable 
eminence in his own sphere. 
In 1856, he succeeded Professor Owen as Conservator of the Museum of 
the Royal College of Surgeons, hut he only obtained this appointment at 
a time when his health was such as to render his promotion of little avail, 
and, indeed, too late to he of any service in ameliorating his worldly condi- 
tion, or providing for his family. 
Professor Quekett, like many more men of science, gave himself up for 
the world’s benefit, and now leaves his offspring dependent upon the world 
of which he was the benefactor. 
Two distinct committees are already formed to raise a memorial for his 
services; the one consists of Professors Owen, Busk, and other well-known 
men of science, and the honorary secretary is Lionel S. Beale, Esq. 
(King’s College); the other was set on foot by the Microscopical Society, of 
which Professor Quekett was one of the founders, and Jabez Hogg, Esq., 
], Bedford-square, acts as secretary. 
It is proposed that the money subscribed be invested in the hands of 
trustees to accumulate until the general education of the boys is com- 
plete, and they enter upon the profession or occupation of their choice, 
when a fourth part of the accumulated fund will be devoted to forwarding 
the interest of each in the manner which may seem most desirable. 
We can heartily commend this object to such of our readers as are 
disposed to render a just tribute to a good as well as a talented man, and 
feel sure that the amount raised will be wisely husbanded by those who 
have the matter in hand. 
The scientific progress of the last three months will be found recorded in 
the following papers : — 
HOSE who have been charmed with the aspect of the heavens on a 
clear night, and the thousands of lustres which adorn this grand 
spectacle, should, at the least, show their gratitude by taking part, as far 
as lies in their power, in noticing the phenomena which are continually 
passing in those regions. We may particularly draw attention to such 
observations as can be made with the naked eye, as on the shape and 
dimensions of the Zodiacal light, at the ordinary extremity of which 
Goldschmidt detected a further very faint light the last few years ; to the 
falling-stars and other meteors ; to the Northern Lights ; but more parti- 
cularly to the stars themselves, and the changes of lustre which take place 
among them. This last subject is, indeed, one of the most interesting to 
which the attention can be directed in so far as regards amateur astronomy. 
When we look over a good celestial globe, or series of star maps, in which 
those objects visible to the naked eye are inserted, in order to find out the 
names and positions of the different stars and constellations, even during 
this primary instruction, we learn that the commonly-received notion of 
the existence of only six classes of stars visible to the naked eye is some- 
ASTRONOMY, 
