Rutherfurd
LEWIS MORRIS, an American astronomer; born in Morrisania, New York City, Nov. 25, 1816; was graduated at Williams College in 1834; admitted to the bar in 1837; and practiced in New York till 1849, when he retired from practice to devote himself to travel and the study of astronomy. He made a number of instruments for his observatory, among which were an object glass which proved a great success, a micrometer for the measurements of astronomical photographs, a ruling engine with which he produced interference gratings on glass and speculum metal. He retired from active astronomical work in 1883, and presented his instruments to Columbia College. He was one of the original members of the National Academy of Sciences. He died in Tranquillity, N. J., May 30, 1892.