ISBN: 9781130073058

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RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 762 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.5in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: . . . which position he held for 9 years. During this period he continued a frequent contributor to the leading scientific journals of the country on questions of physical science, ne resigned his chair in 1855 to become lecturer on chemistry in the college of physicians and surgeons in New York city. In 1856 he accepted a call to the South Carolina college at Columbia, where he had been unanimously elected to fill tho chair, then first created, of natural and mechanical philosophy, which office he still holds (1860). His numerous papers in periodicals embrace a great variety of important subjects in medicine and natural science. --Joseph, M. D. , brother of the preceding, born in Liberty co, Ga. , Feb. 26, 1823. After a preparatory edncation in his native county, he entered Franklin college, Ga. , in 1838, was graduated with distinction in 1841, and in 1845 was graduated as M. D. in the college of physicians and sur Seons, New York. Ho removed in 1848 to aeon, Ga. , where he practised his profession. In 1850 he went to Cambridge, Mass. , to complete under Agassiz a course of studies long before undertaken in natural history and geology. He remained 18 months under that distinguished savant, whom he accompanied in 1851 on an exploring expedition to the reefs, keys, and peninsula of Florida, assisting him in the observations which resulted in the discoveries made concerning the recency and the coral origin of those regions. After being graduated at the Lawrence scientific school in Cambridge, he returned to Georgia, and was elected to the chair of natural sciences in Oglethorpe university. He resigned this office after one year to accept the chair of natural history and geology in Franklin college, which ho held for 4 years. In 1856 he was elected to the professorship of. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<