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man,  who  later  became  well  known  as  an  author  and  also  as  a  teacher 
in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
The  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York,  founded  in 
1829,  had  as  its  first  professor  of  chemistry  John  Torrey,  who  is 
deservedly  esteemed  for  his  attainments  in  various  departments  of 
science,  and  who  was,  at  that  time,  considered  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful instructors  in  chemistry  in  the  United  States. 
In  the  Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia,  founded  in  1824,  Dr.  W. 
H.  Keating  was  elected  the  first  professor  of  chemistry;  he  was  fol- 
lowed several  years  later  by  Dr.  Franklin  Bache,  who,  as  is  well 
known,  succeeded  Dr.  Wood  as  professor  of  chemistry  in  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy. 
In  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  also  founded 
in  1824,  Amos  Eaton  was  one  of  the  first  to  teach  chemistry. 
Probably  the  first  woman  to  teach  chemistry  in  this  country  was 
Mrs.  Almira  H.  Lincoln,  the  vice-principal  of  the  Troy  Female 
Seminary,  who  taught  chemistry  with  considerable  success  in  1830, 
if  not  before. 
Popular  lectures  on  chemical  subjects  were  probably  instituted  in 
Philadelphia  in  1807,  when  Dr.  Joseph  Parrish  gave  a  series  of  public 
lectures  and  demonstrations.  Dr.  Parrish  continued  his  courses  for 
several  years  with  considerable  success.  The  same  idea  was  subse- 
quently followed  up  by  Dr.  Benjamin  Silliman  and  others,  who  gave 
regular  courses  of  popular  lectures  that  contributed  very  materially 
to  the  rapid  spread  of  knowledge  of  the  subject  among  people  who 
would  otherwise  take  little  or  no  interest  in  this  particular  line. 
Closely  allied  to  popular  lectures  was  the  publication  of  scientific 
and  technical  journals.  The  first  of  these  was  the  American  Mine- 
ralogical  Journal,  published  in  18 10  and  conducted  by  Dr.  Archibald 
Bruce.  This  journal  had  a  short  and  rather  precarious  existence, 
but  is,  nevertheless,  interesting  as  being  the  pioneer  of  the  numerous 
similar  publications  existing  at  the  present  time. 
It  was  followed  in  1 81 8  by  the  publication  of  the  American  Journal 
of  Science y  edited  by  Professor  Silliman.  This  journal  has  been  a 
most  important  factor  in  the  development  of  chemical  philosophy. 
The  Journal  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  the 
pioneer  pharmaceutical  journal  in  the  English  language,  was  first 
published  in  1 825.  The  history  of  this  venture  and  its  successful 
continuation  has  been  so  recently  and  so  ably  told  by  Professor 
