SIMON NEWCOMB. 
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RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED BY MR. O. H. TITTMANN, 
SUPERINTENDENT, COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, 
Adopted by the Society at its meeting of December 4, 1909. 
Whereas the Philosophical Society of Washington has 
been deprived by death of the fellowship of Simon Newcomb, 
and 
Whereas he was for thirty-eight years one of its active 
members arid twice served as its President, be it 
Resolved, That the Society record its high appreciation 
of his phenomenal talents, his pre-eminent attainments and 
his scholarly discussion of the many topics which his broad 
sympathies and varied interests proposed for consideration. 
And be it further 
Resolved, That this Society unite with the learned socie- 
ties and institutions of the entire world in testifying to the 
loss to science and high learning which his death occasioned ; 
and that we hereby convey to the bereaved family assurance 
of our profound sympathy. 
