The European Journals of William MaclureWilliam Maclure (1763-1840) was an Amer. geologist & philanthropist who traveled extensively in Europe during the early years of the 19th century, conducting geological surveys & collecting rock & mineral specimens for schools & scientific institutions in the U.S. He has been called "the Father of Modern Geology" for the extraordinary feat of having made a one-man geological survey of the eastern U.S. from Maine to Georgia, & from the Mississippi to the Atlantic. Maclure used his wealth to support such institutions as the Acad. of Natural Sciences of Phila. & to subsidize the work of a number of scientists & teachers. He was also concerned with the reform of education & set up libraries & schools for children of the lower classes. Scholars have questioned why Maclure retired early to devote the rest of his life to science & reform. Some answers may be found in this vol., which includes transcriptions from microfilm of some 20 journals which Maclure kept during his travels & research in Europe; they span the years 1805-15 & 1820-25. Illus. |
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Page 216 - On what terms,' said the magnanimous patriot, * would you go to my country and introduce there your method of education? I have seen Pestalozzi; I know his system; my country wants it and will receive it with enthusiasm. I engage to pay your passage, to secure your livelihood. Go and be your master's apostle in the new world.
Page 778 - An Experiment in Education, made at the Male Asylum of Madras ; suggesting a System by which a School or Family may teach itself under the Superintendence of the Master or Parent.
Page xix - During an excursion last summer, an opportunity was afforded of ascertaining and extending the limits of the transition in the states of Pennsylvania and New York, as well as the boundaries of the great primitive formation, north of the Mohawk ; and fixing the limits of the transition on Lake Champlain and in the state of Vermont with more precision.
Page 231 - You need not speak so low," said Mr. Jefferson smiling, "you see we are alone, and our walls have no ears." "I have so long been living in Paris, where the walls have ears," replied Mr. McClure, "that I have contracted this habit of speaking in an undertone.
Page 220 - Essai sur la geographic mineralogique des environs de Paris, avec une carte geognostique, et des coupes de terrain.
Page xvi - ... cannot be understood by microscopic investigations or the minute analysis of insulated rocks and detached masses; it would be like the portrait painter dwelling on the accidental pimple of a fine face ; the geologist must endeavour to note the great and permanent outlines of nature, and get acquainted with her general laws, rather than study her accidental deviations, or magnify the number and extent of the supposed exceptions which must frequently cease to be such when accurately examined.
Page 415 - A gambling game at cards, in which the players bet on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack
Page xxviii - The brilliant man whom I first saw twenty years before, had now hoary locks ; he stooped as he walked, and an ulcer on his leg made him lame. His friend, Dr. Thomas Cooper, was with him, and these two celebrated men did me the honor to attend one of my lectures in the chemical course, and to call at my house. The principal topic was the moral relations of science and the expositions it gives of the mind...
Page xliii - Julius W. Pratt, A History of United States Foreign Policy.
Page 721 - The diorama, in its finished form, has been described as "a mode of scenic representation in which a picture, some portions of which are translucent, is viewed through an aperture, the sides of which are continued toward the picture . . ."; light, thrown upon it from above, may be diminished or increased, etc.