The Phytologist 1852 Vol 4

Author : Edward Newman
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483195714
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book The Phytologist, Vol. 4 written by Edward Newman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Phytologist, Vol. 4: A Popular Botanical Miscellany When released from the trammels of tutors, the love of chemistry, for which he had so early shown a liking, became much strengthened; and occupied much of his time and attention To, improve him hubs. Study of this pursuit, he was, when nearly twenty years of age, placed as a pupil with Dr. Thomson, of Glasgow, then Professor of Chemistry: in that University, under whose roof he remained two years, -following his then favourite study, with the no small advantage afforded by full use of the Professor's laboratory. These advantages were and his attainments in chemistry were vary considerably Duriugthis: period, he attended the medical classes and he did not finallyvleaveg Glasgow until he had taken the, degrge of MD. Amongst the course; of: lectures required for the medical degree, he of necessity attended that. Of botany; and this appears to have been his firsnintroduction to the? Science in which he subsequently made ao great acquirements, and. Did so much to advance. He was of too actiueamind, and naturally, too fond of science, to attend these lectures without somezdegree rof interest; and, though previously uninterested in the science, he at this time collected and preserved some specimens, though as yet'he evinced no decided partiality for botany. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.