LIFE 



OF 



BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, M.D., LL.D. 



LATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, AND GEOLOGY 

 YALE COLLEGE. 



CHIEFLY FROM HIS MANUSCRIPT REMINISCENCES, DIARIES, 

 AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



BY 



GEORGE P. FISHER, 



PKOFESSOK IN YALE COLLEGE. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 VOLUME I. 



NEW YORK: 

 CHARLES SCRIBNER AND COMPANY. 



124 GRAND STREET. 

 1866. 



