William Barton Rogers, Founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from William Barton Rogers, Founder of the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHenry Darwin Rogers, an American geologist, born in Phila delphia in 1809, became professor of physical sciences in Dickinson College, Carlisle, in 1831, and afterward professor of geology in the University of Pennsylvania, which office he held for many years. He began his active geological labors with the survey of the State of New Jersey, and in 1835 published a report and geological map of the State. He then entered on his great work, the survey of Pennsylvania, in which, with some interruptions, he was occu pied until 1856, publishing during the first years annual reports of progress which make together a large 8vo volume. His final report on the geology of Pennsylvania, in two large volumes, 4to.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.