KELP

ash of burnt seaweed; fodine, pota ium chloride, paraffin naptha, ammonium sulphate. Brit. geographer; librarian (1885-92) secretary (1892-5) of Royal Geographical Soc.; ed. (jointly) Geographjal (1915-17); president of Geographical Section of Brit. A ociation Since 1880 he has ed. The Statesman’s Year Book, and is the author of of Scottish Highlands and Clans, Geography, The Part i on of Africa, History of Geography (with O. Howarth), etc. (1824-1907), most eminent physicist his time; b. Belfast; educated and Cambridge; second wrangler Smith’s prizeman; studied for a Paris under Regnault; at twenty-two appointed prof. of natural Glasgow Univ., a post he held for three years. His work covered branch of physical science, and he over 300 original papers; did work in thermo-dynamics; made rine telegraphy a po ibility; practically all the instruments at used by electrical engineers for ments; invented sounding pre ure gauge, tide gauge, tide-predictor and made great improvements in super inner’s compa . He was honored by 1890-1892 numerous learned societies; was knightec 1892- (1866); president, Royal Soc. (1890) psypeer (1892); received Grand Cro Roya School. Victorian Order (1896).