Notes on chemical experiments, ca. 1824.

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Notes on chemical experiments, ca. 1824.

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Notebook of material covered in chemistry classes and experiments in New England colleges. Notebook begins with experiments on chemical action and affinity, following a brief mention of magnetic attraction. Other topics include carbonaion, oxygen gas, and galvanism. Notes are neither dated nor signed. Leaf 3 includes a heading: "Cleaveland's Lectures in the evening," probably referring to Bowdoin College professor Parker Cleaveland. At the end of the notebook, written upside down, are the names of the "Faculty of Medicine at Williams College -- Berkshire Medical Institution," and a note "number of Students in 1824-94." Following this list is information on fees, lectures, and "No. at Brunswick about 200" (Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.). This notes supplies the date.

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Bowdoin College

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Berkshire Medical Institution (Pittsfield, Mass.)

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Williams College

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Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858

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Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858) was a professor at Bowdoin College from 1805 until his death in 1858. For the school terms 1840-41, 1841-42, and 1842-43, he was Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Natural Philosophy, as well as Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, and Lecturer on Civil Polity. From the description of Lecture notes, c. 1840? (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259246 Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858) was a scientist and professor of chemistry, ...