J See also:

• J LESLEY
• LESLEY, JOHN (1527-1596)

LESLEY  . See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

PETER (1819–1903), See also:

• AMERICAN

American geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia on the 17th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1819 . It is recorded by See also:

• SIR

Sir A . See also:

• GEIKIE
• GEIKIE, JAMES (1839- )
• GEIKIE, SIR ARCHIBALD (1835- )

Geikie that " He was christened Peter after his See also:

• FATHER

father and grandfather, and at first wrote his name ` Peter See also:

• LESLEY, J
• LESLEY, JOHN (1527-1596)

Lesley, Jr.,' but disliking the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian appellation that had been given to him, he eventually transformed his See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature by putting the J. of ` Junior' at the beginning." He was educated for the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry at the university of See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1838; but the effects of See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close study having told upon his See also:

• HEALTH

health, he served for a 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 as sub-assistant on the first See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological survey of Pennsylvania under See also:

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

Professor H .. D . See also:

• ROGERS, HENRY DARWIN (18o8—1866)
• ROGERS, JAMES EDWIN THOROLD (1823-1890)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1627–c. 1665)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1829-1904)
• ROGERS, JOHN (c. 1500-1555)
• ROGERS, ROBERT (1727-1784?)
• ROGERS, S
• ROGERS, SAMUEL (1763-1855)
• ROGERS, WILLIAM (1819-1896)

Rogers, and was after-wards engaged in a See also:

• SPECIAL

special examination of the See also:

• COAL

coal regions . On the termination of the survey in 1841 he entered See also:

• PRINCETON

Princeton See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary and renewed his theological studies, at the same time giving his leisure time to assist Professor Rogers in preparing the final 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 and See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of Pennsylvania . He was licensed to preach in 1844; he then paid a visit to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and entered on a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short course of study at the university of See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle . Returning to See also:

• AMERICA

America he worked during two years for the American See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

Tract Society, and at the close of 1847 he joined Professor Rogers again in preparing geological maps and sections at See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston . He then accepted the pastorate of the Congregational See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church at See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, a suburb of Boston, where he remained until 1851, when, his views having become Unitarian, he abandoned the ministry and entered into practice as a consulting geologist . In the course of his See also:

• WORK

work he made elaborate surveys of the Cape See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton coal-See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, and of other coal and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron regions . From 1855 to 1859 he was secretary of the American Iron Association; for twenty-seven years (1858–1885) he was secretary and librarian of the American Philosophical Society; from 1872 to 1878 he was professor of See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology and See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of the See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of See also:

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

science in the university of Pennsylvania, and from 1874–1893 he was in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the second geological survey of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state .

He then retired to Milton, See also:

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

Mass., where he died on the 1st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1903 . He published See also:

• MANUAL

Manual of Coal and its See also:

• TOPOGRAPHY
• TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, place, -partied', to write)

Topography (1856); The Iron Manufacturer's See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

Guide to the Furnaces, Forges and See also:

• ROLLING

Rolling See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

Mills of the See also:

• UNITED

United States (1859) . See Memoir by Sir A . Geikie in Quart . Journ . Geol . See also:

• SOC

Soc . (May 1904) ; and Memoir (with portrait) by B . S . Lyman, printed in advance with portrait, and afterwards in abstract only in Trans . Amer . Inst .

See also:

• MINING

Mining See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers, xxxiv . (19o4) p . 726 .