Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26


ceeded Prof Baird in charge of the fish
commission. DR.. Goode is prolific author
ana one of the most genial Of men. His
works cover a wide range, but relate more
especially 10 fish. The scientists who visit
host.
The present president of the Cosmos Club
Is Prof. Grove Karl Gilbert one of the fore
most biologists of the world, who for years
mas been the principal geologist of the
united states geological survey. He was
president Of the American Association of
Naturalists, vice president of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science
and is member of the National Academy
Of Sciences. Prof Gilbert is one of the
most unpretentious, but one of the most
capable and Industrious workers in the
field of science
A very distinguished member of the club
| is Prof. Simon Newcomb, the astronomer
Although never chosen president. he has
probably had more and higher honors be-
slowed upon him than any other man of
science In the United States. He has re-
ceived the degree of doctor of philosophy
from Heidelberg, gold medals from the
Royal Astronomical Society and from the
University of Leyden; he is a member of
the Royal Astronomical Society of England
and OF the Institute Of France; has been
vice president Of the National Academy
of Sciences and president of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science.
He Is professor of mathematics in the
United States navy, assigned to duty at the
naval observatory: professor of mathe-
MATES and astronomy at the Johns Hop
kins University; his portrait was ordered
by the Russian government for the collec-
ton Of famous astronomers at Pulkowa,
and many Of his writings, hundreds In
number, have been translated into foreign
tongues.
Some distinguished Members.
Another great astronomer belonging to
the club is Prof. Samuel Pierpont Langley
the present secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution. Prof. Langley has made i'm
portant solar observations from Pixies
Peak, Mount Whitney, Mount Etna Sicily
and at Xeres Spain. He Is the foremost
authority on the sun, and has invented a
number of instruments for use in solar
observations. Recently he has given spe-
cial attention to the subject of aerial navi-
CATION.
One of the most learned and indus
trious members is DIR. Thee. Nicholas
Gill. Formerly connected with the Smith
sonian Institution and the Congressional
Library, he has of late years, being
man of means. severed his connec-
ton with all institutions, and become a
free lance in the field of science and letters
There are few publishers of dictionaries
themselves of his learning. DIR. Gill is
learned in ichthyoiogy, zoology, bibliog-
raphy and philology.
The handsomest and one Of the most en-
teTtdiiilHS members OF the cosmos Is Gen.
Adolphus Washington Greedy, U. S. A, the
famous arctic explorer, now at the head of
the signal service office.
Prof. Lester Frank Ward is not only a
botanist and geologist of high rank, but he
Is also a well-known writer upon social
science He has had the high honor of
having the title of one of his philosophical
works included in the Index Expurgatorlus
of Russia.
Prof. Charles Valentine Riley, the we'll
known er tomologfst, is member. Prof.
Riley has performed valuable service
through his researches on the insects most
injurious to agriculture in the United
States. Prof. L. o. Howard who has Just
succeeded Prof. Riley entomologist of
the Department of Agriculture, is secretary
of the club.
Henry Adams, the author of "Jefferson's
Administratio n," Life of Albert Gallatin''
and other works, was one of the founder
members Washington is under obligations
1t is a bronze figure OF a woman, by st.
Gaudens, placed at the tomb of Mrs.
Adams. whose melancholy death occurred
some years ago. Mr.. Adams and Mr.. John
Hay, the poet. reside in a splendid double
mansion a square from the Cosmos club
house.
One of the later valuable acquisitions to
the club membership is Prof. Thomas Cor
win Mendenhall, physicist, and the genial
and very capable head of the u s. coast
survey. Prof. Mendenhall was at one time
professor of physics in the Imperial Uni
versity in Toxic, Japan, and later presi-
dent Of the Rose Polytechnic Institute OF
Indiana He is an authority on earth
auakes, and has published "A Century of
Electricity"
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