1869 and 1871. Smith did not choose to write widely about spiritualism as he believed it might damage his scientific reputation. He was a member of the Society for Psychical Research from 1882 to 1884. After he died, 89 books on the occult were discovered in his library. Awards and honours Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1857. Publications On Sewage and Sewage Rivers (1855) Disinfectants and Disinfection (1869) Air and Rain: The Beginnings of a Chemical Climatology (1872) Chemical and Physical Researches (1876) Loch Etive and the sons of Uisnach: With Illustrations (1879) A Centenary of Science in Manchester (1883) References Bibliography 1817 births 1884 deaths Air pollution in the United Kingdom Atmospheric chemists Atmospheric scientists Burials in Greater Manchester Fellows of the Royal Society History of Manchester Parapsychologists Scottish chemists Scottish environmentalists Scottish spiritualists Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society