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; ei in 1809, being the third of four brothers all of whom have 
: : : : At th 
as an active BE Pi in ae lle See ctiaelly with the reanee 
4 of the State of New Jersey, the Report and map of which he published 
; in 1835. _ About a year later he was charged with the responsible duty 
faithful foie aided y a large corps of able assistants. is brother, 
of. William B. Rogers, was at: the same time charged with the prelim- 
inary explorations of the State of Virginia, and the great pee of 
the structure of the Appalachian chain were thus at the same moment 
brought under the observation of two of the ablest investigators of 
structural geology who have ever devoted their talents in that direction. 
in Boston in the summer of 1842. This remarkable memoir, probably 
the most important of its class ever produc a in America, is published 
in the volume of memoirs of the Association for that t year. hese 
researches have their full and more perfect exhibition in the volumes of 
ogy, taking ak with the labors: of ae best privents of the time. 
For some ye 
Bees resided at Boston, devoting biceekt to his favorite studies, and t 
the public exposition of the depar ae of science which he valtivated: 
is great knowledge on many s ts he was able to impart ina 
atyle equally a and graceful, sitbe in pabiie speaking or as a 
writer. Few pe of science have excelled him in power of illustra- 
tion of difficult subjects, or in Rei the attention of large audi- 
rsity. 
"Prof psa had for some years Se in delicate health, but er 
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