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ad the result was published in 1824, ma 
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the great western -C 2 
report of: 160: pages 8¥i ressed to his patron, with a profile seetion ~ 
of the rock formations, om the Atlantic Ocean across the States of —~ 
Massachusetts and New York, to Lake’ Erie. ~Prof. E.-was also engag- 9 
ed inother more limited l surveys, until by the munificence of 
Mr. Van Rensselaer, the se was established at Troy, and Mr. Eaton 
was Solicited tobe its senior Professor and director“of its. literary course 
in the year Jast’ mentioned. “The Rensselaer’ Schwol. enabled Prof. 
Eaton ito prosecute : ‘his favorite plan of teaching ager tk saa 
thera, experimenters | and lecturers to het.» J 
) inthe practi! aplication botany 
various States, have thus i educhtoth ine ie, bata. Fe 
ee lecturing at Williams College, Prof. betes and P be 
ed, the Genera of Plants of the. Northern ates, the embryo of that 
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: 1818, and the second edition in 1820. In 1824, he p 
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