See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER See also:

• DALLAS
• DALLAS, ALEXANDER JAMES (1759-1817)
• DALLAS, GEORGE MIFFLIN (1792-1864)

DALLAS See also:

• ALEXANDER DALLAS BACHE (1806-1867)
• BACHE, FRANCIS EDWARD (1833–1888)

BACHE (1806-1867)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American physicist, See also:

• GREAT

great-See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia on the 19th of See also:

• JULY

July 18o6 . After graduating at the See also:

• UNITED

United States Military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy at See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Point in 1825, he acted as assistant See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor there for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, and as a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in the See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers he was engaged for a See also:

• YEAR

year or two in the erection of See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast fortifications . He occupied the See also:

• POST

post of professor bf natural See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry in the University of See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania in 1828—1841 and in 1842—1843 . For the trustees of what in 1848 was to become See also:

• GIRARD, JEAN BAPTISTE [known as " Le Pere Girard " or" Le Pere Gregoire "] (1765-185o)
• GIRARD, PHILIPPE HENRI DE (1775-1845)
• GIRARD, STEPHEN (1750-1831)

Girard See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, but had not yet been opened, he spent the years 1836-1838 in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, examining See also:

• EUROPEAN

European systems of See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and on his return published a very valuable See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report . In 1843, on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Professor F . R . Hassler (1770-1843), he was appointed See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the United States coast survey . He succeeded in impressing See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress with a sense of the great value of this See also:

• WORK

work, and by means of the liberal aid it granted, he carried out a singularly comprehensive See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan with great ability and most satisfactory results . By a skilful See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of labour, and by the erection of numerous observing stations, the mapping out of the whole coast proceeded simultaneously under the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye of the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general director, and in addition a vast See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of magnetic and meteorological observations was collected . He died at See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport, Rhode See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, on the 17th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1867 .