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PAOK 



Early Friends. His Early Productions. Early Letters. His 

 Religious Impressions 45 



PART II. 



FROM HIS APPOINTMENT AS PROFESSOR TO THE COMMENCE- 

 MENT OF HIS CAREER AS A PUBLIC LECTURER. 



1802-1834. 



CHAPTER IV. 



APPOINTI;I> IM:OFI:SSOR: A STUDENT OF CHEMISTRY IN PHILA- 

 DELPHIA. 



His Long Acquaintance with Yale College. The Study of Science in 



Yak- Cull, p. in the Last Century. His Consultation with Dr. 



n, and tint Oiler of the Professorship of Chemistry. His 



M lor Aceeptintf this Proposal. His l.leetion to tin- Ollice. 

 His FirM Winter in Philadelphia ( ISUJ-a). His Fellow-Boarders at 

 Mrs. Smiih's. I >r. Woodhousc's Lecture--. His Assoeialion with 



Hare. Tin' ( Kv-II ydro^cn I'.low-Pipe. Dr. ISeiijamin 

 Rush. Dr. Lectures. Dr. Wi>(ar's Lectures. Intor- 



\\ith Dr. I'rh'-tiey. Snninier of 1803 at New Haven. 

 ace in rrineeton. I >r. .John Maclean. President 

 Smith. His Second Winter in Philadelphia (lH():i-4). Hi 

 quuintanec in that City. Correspondence with G. S. Silliman, 

 Moses Stuart. .!. L. Kin^sley, &c 87 



CHAPTER V. 



Mil 1:1 ..INMN.; OF HIS WORK AS PROFESSOR. 



D College (1804). Construction of the Subterra- 

 nean I.aKoratory. Its Alteration. Lectures to the Class of 1804-5 

 (in the Fall of 1804). His Apparatus. Su--csiions of Dr. 

 ; y. Plan for Visiting l-'.urope. Interview uith Prcsi<lent 

 Lt I'reparalions for Departure. Letter from llcv. John 

 I -out. Letters of Professor Silliman to his brother 121 



CIlAI'TKIi VI. 



i K) KUBOPBl 1:1 BIDXKOE IN I.DNDOX. 



Residenct- in Kuropo. Mr. .lolm Taylor. Dr. William ITcnrj'. 

 Dr. Dalton's Lecture and Conversation. Arrival in London. Mr. 



