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212 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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M^ In Emoir The Of University George Wil...
and of realization of the man and of Ms times ; and moreover , thoroughly scientific , containing among other discussionsby far the
, best account of the great water controversy from the Cavendish point of view . " He says of himself" I read all biographies with
, intense interest . Even a man without a heart , like Cavendish , I think aboutread aboutand dream aboutand picture to myself in
all possible , ways , till he , grows into a living , being beside me , and I put my feet into his shoes and become for the time Cavendish , and
think as he thought , and do as he did . . . . Yet the book will be a very dry onein spite of all the water in it . "
, The first public recognition of his worth as a teacher was given In 1855 , when he received his appointment as Professor to the
newly founded chair of Technology , ( in the University of Edinburgh , ) or , as he defines it , Science in its application to the Useful
Arts-He entered into the duties of the office with all his own heartiness , and from that time to his deathto gain and give information on
the subjects specially connected , with " useful arts , " from manufacturing Harlequin ' s coat and fireworks to examining dyeing and
bleaching works , and to beg contributions for his _" dear museum , " were his most constant employments . In 1858 all other maladies
were complicated hy the appearance of a tendency to erysipelas , which necessitated even more care and seclusion than he had used
before . Almost all literary work was done in bed , from which he frequently rose to go into his lecture room . Yet again he rallied ,
and was able not only to attend the Aberdeen meeting of the British Association , but also on the opening of the session to
undertake to deliver Professor Kelland ' s lectures in addition to his own . One day in November , 1859 , he mentions having been out at six
o ' clock in the morning about some friend's business , and having taken a worse cold than usual therefrom . " Often had the work
been carried on with similar symptoms and with eager anticipation of the coming rest of Saturday and Sunday . " This week ,
however , he resolved in spite of cold to give his class an extra lecture on the Friday , and to one about to remonstrate , he gave as
a are reason not up , ( the in force the atomic of which theory must . be " evident The second to every lecture one , ) was " But _*¦ g they iven
with great difficulty , and as soon as it was over he came home evidently even much more ill than was usual on Fridays . As rest
did not restore him , Dr . Duncan was sent for the next day , and he announced that inflammation of the lungs and leurisy were present .
He at once felt that the supreme moment he had p so long expected was at hand . We will leave the reader to see from the memoir how the
quiefc calm of the last two days accorded with all else recorded of him , and how the love which had been gradually growing up round
him among his pupils and friends found utterance after his death . To us who knew him notthe life is more valuable and stirring than
these records of affection , . To all those who read itmourning or ,
fainting tinder kindred burdens , it must surely come with an
212 Notices Of Books.
212 _NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 212, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/68/
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