See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS STERRY See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• THOMAS STERRY HUNT (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

HUNT (1826-1892)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American geologist and chemist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich, See also:

• CONN
• CONN, LOUGH

Conn., on the 5th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1826 . He lost his See also:

• FATHER

father when twelve years old, and had to See also:

• EARN

earn his own livelihood . In the course of two years he found employment in a See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, in an See also:

• APOTHECARY (from the Lat. apothecarius, a keeper of an apotheca, Gr. aroth is , a store)

apothecary's See also:

• SHOP

shop, in a See also:

• BOOK

book See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store and as a clerk . He became interested in natural See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, and especially in chemical and medical studies, and in 1845 he was elected a member of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists at Yale—a See also:

• BODY

body which four years later became the American Association for the See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

Advancement of Science . In 1848 he read a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia On See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

Acid Springs and See also:

• GYPSUM

Gypsum Deposits of the See also:

• ONONDAGA

Onondaga See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

Salt See also:

• GROUP

Group . At Yale he became assistant to See also:

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

Professor B . See also:

• SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN (1779-1864)

Silliman, Jun., and- in 1846 was appointed chemist to the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey of See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont . In 1847 he was appointed to similar duties on the See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian Geological Survey at See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal under See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• LOGAN
• LOGAN, JOHN (1748-1788)
• LOGAN, JOHN (c. 1725-1780)
• LOGAN, JOHN ALEXANDER (1826-1886)
• LOGAN, SIR WILLIAM EDMOND (1798-1875)

Logan, and this See also:

• POST

post he held until 1872 . In 18J9 he was elected F.R.S., and he was one of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original members and See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Royal Society of See also:

• CANADA

Canada . He was a frequent contributor to scientific See also:

• JOURNALS

journals, See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing on the crystalline limestones, the origin of continents, the See also:

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

chemistry of the primeval See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, on serpentines, &c . He also wrote a notable " See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on the See also:

• HISTORY

History of the names See also:

• CAMBRIAN

Cambrian and See also:

• SILURIAN

Silurian " (Canadian Naturalist, 1872), in which the claims of See also:

• SEDGWICK, ADAM (1785-1873)
• SEDGWICK, JOHN (1813–1864)

Sedgwick, with respect to the grouping of the Cambrian strata, were forcibly advocated . He died in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City on the 12th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1892 .

His publications include Chemical and Geological Essays (1875, ed . 2, 1879); See also:

• MINERAL

Mineral See also:

• PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

Physiology and Physiography (1886) ; A New Basis for Chemistry (1887, ed . 3, 1891); Systematic See also:

• MINERALOGY

Mineralogy (1891) . See an obituary See also:

• NOTICE

notice by Persifor Frazer, Amer . Geologist (xi . See also:

• JAN

Jan . 1893), with portrait .