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Professor Horsford's funeral will be held at Dr. McKenzie's church on Garden St. at noon today...
...Professor Horsford endowed the library of Wellesley College, increasing the number of books from 16,000 to 40,000 and erecting a new building...
Outside of his professional career, Professor Horsford engaged in many works of general utility. One of his first works on returning from Germany was to investigate and select the proper material for the service pipes of the Boston Water Works. He was a member of the committee for the defence of Boston Harbor in the Civil War. He also devised a marching ration for the army which was very widely adopted. In 1873 he was one of the United States' commissioners to the World's Fair in Vienna, and in 1876 he was commissioner at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia...
...late years Professor Horsford has taken a great interest in archaeology. At the end of Commonwealth Avenue, he erected a statue of Lief Ericson at the spot where he believed that he landed. Another of his researches resulted in the discovery of the site of the ancient city of Norumbega, at the mouth of Stony Brook in Weston, where he erected a stone tower...
...Prof. Horsford established the Rumford Chemical works in Providence, and was President of the company for many years...