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Britain,  and  one  of  its  early  friends.  We  feel  it  but  justice  to  use  the 
language  of  Mr.  Bell  (from  whose  obituary  notice  in  the  Pharmaceutical 
Journal  the  above  facts  are  chiefly  taken)  in  relation  to  this  fact.  "  Among 
the  scientific  men  who  gave  their  countenance  and  encouragement  to  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  at  its  establishment  in  1841,  the  name  of  Dr.  Ure  is 
gratefully  remembered.  At  that  time  the  business  of  a  chemist  and  drug- 
gist was  only  recognized  as  a  respectable  trade,  and  the  endeavor  to  invest 
it  with  anything  like  a  professional  character  by  the  establishment  of  a 
regular  pharmaceutical  qualification  was  considered  by  most  persons  a 
chimerical  project.  At  that  critical  period,  the  sanction,  and  presence  at 
the  meetings,  of  men  enjoying  a  high  position  in  chemistry  and  the  sci- 
ences, had  a  very  encouraging  influence  on  the  prospects  of  the  new  Society. 
14  Several  of  the  'friends  in  need/ who  in  considerable  numbers  thus 
came  forward  as  its  promoters,  have  passed  away,  and  have  been  noticed 
with  regret  in  our  obituary.  We  have  now  to  ofler  a  sincere  tribute  to 
Dr.  Ure,  to  whom  we  are  indebted  not  only  for  his  frequent  attendance  at 
our  early  meetings,  but  for  interesting  lectures  delivered  to  the  members, 
and  papers  which  have  appeared  in  the  Transactions  of  the  Society." 
William  C.  Redfield,  favorably  known  in  the  United  States  for  his 
meteorological  and  geological  researches,  died  in  New  York  on  the  12th  of 
February,  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight.  Mr.  Redfield's  theory  of  storms, 
broached  in  1831,  has  gained  many  advocates,  and  with  his  other  labors 
has  given  him  a  prominent  place  among  modern  meteorologists,  especially 
as  his  discoveries  are  of  much  practical  importance  to  the  navigator. 
Jacob  W.  Bailey,  professor  of  chemistry,  mineralogy  and  geology  at 
the  U.  S.  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  died  on  the  26th  of  February 
last  of  consumption. 
Prof.  Bailey  devoted  his  leisure  chiefly  to  microscopic  research,  in 
which  direction  he  has  done  much  more  than  any  other  American,  and  his 
labors  have  won  him  a  position  among  microscopists  deservedly  high. 
Those  who  knew  him  describe  his  life  as  being  "  without  reproach,  his 
gentleness  and  modesty,  his  earnestness  for  truth  rather  than  self,  his 
untiring  energy  even  when  his  physical  system  seemed  to  be  dissolving 
away  from  his  spirit,  make  a  character  that  excites  love  as  well  as  admira- 
tion."— (Silliman). 
Prof.  M.  Tuomey,  an  eminent  geologist  of  the  Southern  States,  died  at 
Tuscaloosa,  Alabama,  on  the  30th  of  March  last.  He  accomplished  the 
geological  survey  of  South  Carolina,  and  was  engaged  in  that  of  Alabama 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  was  also  in  the  Chair  of  Geology  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Alabama  at  Tuscaloosa. 
Prof.  John  Locke,  of  Cincinnati,  died  on  the  10th  of  July,  1856,  in  the 
65th  year  of  his  age.  Prof.  Locke,  though  a  teacher  of  chemistry,  devoted 
much  of  his  time  to  researches  on  subjects  of  general  science,  espe- 
cially electro-magnetism,  and  claimed  to  be  the  discoverer  or  inventor  of 
the  electro-chronograph. 
