New-York tribune., 1875-11-27
VHEATSIONE'S SCIENTIFIC SER-
VICES.
rLoourNr TRIBUTE FROM NJ. JEAN DUMAS.
From The London Time, Nor. g., q,

From The london Time. Nor. 8. ,
AT the funeral service in tne English thapel
In Paris over tie body lie G. " ie,istune NJ
Dtnns, Perpetual secretary OF tle french Acaueh , ~
cred brief address, in which lie referred 10 the abOls 0
Sir g. Wneats,oIe and OF whch the following Is Trans
iAtion:
Neither place circumstances viii allow ms To emu
all the works which have marked the Industrious
life of Sir O. Wheatsone. TO show their harmonious
connections their Immediate results and tneir remote
consequences. How can one recall without emo
ton those pleasant hours spent III ue hnoia'''t
the labor o' his hands and Of the inspiration OF his
gcniisl There delicate questions relating
Ia acouslcs, To optics, and particularly to el'ctrcity
which had gappied with and thrown clear hSit
upon In several Instances hls studies le' 10 dse
valuable to eud Of practical character
the stereoscope tuae astonishing views 0f distant
inaccessbic mountains those reproductions OF the
but remember that the Instrument which presents them
thus VITA their perspective their surface, their soliiy
dent nor by painful struggles bnt through coarse Of
d.cae aud profound study oi tine physolosy of vision
perfection by luslrious conf, man Brewster
affords employment to-day 10 thousands OF aitiss aia
of millions OF CIVILIZED beings. 80 80 =, -.
rave tiral the idea of AmTerc HI" eerTic
telegraph, Oi the FIRST which WIS Woihen over ih
of a,y Ln.th Las teen replaced by more cOnvcLient
srraugcucntt n.t the Iulme of colleague VIII Fe,au
its place N the history OF tue new telegiaphr system
bn also by u hong and persevrring succession o studies
and inventions intended TO rnier tue infringement oi
geographic apparatus certan, theif "oiN- h'Oo
easy aud simple Il thus tAat Sir G. Whcttai0bc VAS
led inquire into the speed with whch lie electric wave
passes along metallic wire, by what rauss ", lst,tc
NAV be retarded diverted back tO lis staillng-poh,
lt Was thus by changing the nature OF the hcttls
along when the electric current passed uht ne Hseof
ta.n,d that the SPARKS gwen foFth by eacn cIlt"
special coored rays thus shAdo"lh forth the dsc2N
cry OF tue sleeJiOSeOpe, ~hlon WIS Soon !" snip'si
the scientific world Again 10 was "hlie ehsisfd
In measuring the rapid pa,sa5e ol eac',giy "'e, t
metal wlrVeGull to tat Ol eht-that ne lnFenca tIe
admirable method of revolving mirrors OF Which AfaSo,
who has thus bcd them, and hs cLow-WoTEeIs were
10 max such n1be use ihc alh.ilplo p'aul' td"'
euab ed Aragocr0wnin9 the work OF MS sceDiihc ne
10 trace win ceitluy lu Of iundHneniai expert
mcnt which Should ueruc "Hetu'r Htn, I, " piS .
MATING from the Tue stars nr an neutrality-suspicious.
excited by Carried out by cOnsniBlte cXcii-
mcntlst t4ey put asd" tnc theory OF einiss'pn LUIS
method therefore has supp'd To Tue philosophy O sci-
tAe certain data upon wien re-t our ita7 Oh hc
ad OF This a euilar method We nave eoh enGbcd To
ascertain the rdpldiy Ot l4ht ~ experiments purely
terrestrial, which, cariitd on ny sShial p.ysci' nav
governed ddmt HsHeen NJ Oi tue distance 0l Tue
earth from the sun. Tic duration 81 movements IPpi
as t!ougrt or even rapid sui, n thtp measured
with Certainty by tue method of fcNuNips hiftOf or
b., uctlo - Of anaogons prncipe lhis mc'hod'
which viii render the name OF SiT &. Mnca,sOu- linnJ-
tai marks date ara eharactcliHs ~ eioFFh III & .,.'
'culi ara OF cuusuiing nature tie SOLID nass o mod-
n il tins that Sir Wheastone associated ny his
brilliant With tue DorS oi tEe French School,
ana bJnored ny tine friendship Of Afa2o' was III ic
labit of coming among Us sometimes iOr recreation oGl
m II, frequently 10 favor VI wtl one hrsI fruits ~ ms
recent alJrs Ji noble traditions wcD Tor more tbah
two have caused so close nnion between tr
Paris Az vid my Scchce ana the Royal Sicety ol Lon
don we're pcrslu.i l In our liusulOs colleague. II thr
s0oq,t always country to whsn re bepn1s eVeir-
common property OF civilized natlOns tue GJttudc
lney feel aud eynce affords t once the Heane o
tic ben No tny have received, anl 0f The moral and III
tcecuai hight tu which they have ataled. To render
tv genius the which IL lis ac, wllaont regard to
cuu ~ or origin, Is 10 honor oneself The PJrs Acid
euly of Scirnccs, always sympathNng with Engl sh
sccuce did hesitate during the troubI ,mes OF The
wars tie Empire 10 decree g"na prIe t0 sir
Humphrey D.tvy. NOw in a time OF peace, u
comes IL fuhii with grief duty of affection toward
one OF his u,Dlrst by gathering around
his colin To Offer MIN suprtna homage foreign a-s"-
cr Of tue Academy, exercising by rare privilege IN
Ia the nfs uf II
lie, had renicf To hib MORTAL remains TIE shv
duties which W. render to fel oW Wcuuntryncn WHO are
our colleagues. The memory OF sig Z. Muettstone VIII
i've among Us, not only for lis discoveries and III
methods win Wicn ne a. endowed science but aso by
recollection Of MS rare qualities a. heart uhe up
IIgeSs of his ,haIaC ter, aui ne agreeable charm OI
ns p,r-oual dem The friends whom he has LETT
among us unable to avert desGny. hope they were AT
The ias hours Of his llieJI thit Hic
alas which closed away from his beloved country
his home. that family circle the sweet fecoi
lection II which animated Dis last hours, and 10 which
the eye the dying turned more before Ills
soul quitting it, earthly tenement, took its gt 10
better world. Adcu! WheatsOn-; adeu III the maine o
the Academy aud OF science; IN the nuuo Oh the Iluhu-
si which unit ed u for forty years. dGcul