Pioneers of Science in America Sketches of Their Lives And Scientific Work
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301 tion with this incident his name became changed to School- craft. He died at the age of one hundred and two years. John, his third son, was a soldier under Sir William Johnson. Lawrence, John's son, distinguished himself during the siege of Fort Stanwix. He was afterward director of the glass- works of the Hon. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, at Hamilton, near Albany ; and established the manufacture of glass in Western New York.
Henry Schoolcraft spent his childhood and youth in Ham- ilton, culti...vated poetry, and maintained an excellent standing in scholarship. At an early age he manifested a taste for natural science, which was then (about 1808) little known outside our seats of learning; formed the beginnings of col- lections ; and organized an association for mental improve- ment. He investigated the drift stratum of Albany County as seen in the bed of Norman's Kill ; and afterward, while living at Lake Dunmore, Vt. , put himself under the teaching of Prof. Hall, of Middlebury College ; added chemistry, natural phi- losophy, and medicine to his studies ; erected a chemical furnace, and went into experimenting ; and picked up a knowledge of Hebrew, German, and French.
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301 tion with this incident his name became changed to School- craft. He died at the age of one hundred and two years. John, his third son, was a soldier under Sir William Johnson. Lawrence, John's son, distinguished himself during the siege of Fort Stanwix. He was afterward director of the glass- works of the Hon. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, at Hamilton, near Albany ; and established the manufacture of glass in Western New York.
Henry Schoolcraft spent his childhood and youth in Ham- ilton, culti...vated poetry, and maintained an excellent standing in scholarship. At an early age he manifested a taste for natural science, which was then (about 1808) little known outside our seats of learning; formed the beginnings of col- lections ; and organized an association for mental improve- ment. He investigated the drift stratum of Albany County as seen in the bed of Norman's Kill ; and afterward, while living at Lake Dunmore, Vt. , put himself under the teaching of Prof. Hall, of Middlebury College ; added chemistry, natural phi- losophy, and medicine to his studies ; erected a chemical furnace, and went into experimenting ; and picked up a knowledge of Hebrew, German, and French.
What to read after Pioneers of Science in America Sketches of Their Lives And Scientific Work?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Jay Youmans to read onlineMoreLess
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