Loyal Case and John Torrey correspondence, 1851

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Related/Analytical: New York Botanical Garden Archives

Series: John Torrey papers, series 1, correspondence

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Case, Loyal, 1807-1865

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Correspondence from Loyal Case to John Torrey, dated 1851, discussing samples of slate, pyrite, and gold ore he has sent to Torrey from a site in Arkansas, and asking various questions related to the chemistry of gold extraction. He states he was inspired to write Torrey after seeing an account of the latter's work with "chloride of lime" in Scientific American.

In English.

Subjects

Arkansas , Case, Loyal, 1807-1865 , Chemistry , Correspondence , Geology , Gold mining , Prospecting , Torrey, John, 1796-1873

BHL Collections

John Torrey Papers

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 978292967