Professor Agassiz's lectures. Prof. Agassiz proposes to deliver a course of lectures in Philadelphia, similar to the one just completed by him before the Lowell Institute
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Professor Agassiz's lectures. Prof. Agassiz proposes to deliver a course of lectures in Philadelphia, similar to the one just completed by him before the Lowell Institute | ||
| IDENTIFIERS | |||
| Legacy Identifier | APSimg6746 | ||
| Goodman Number | 232 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| creator | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | According to the broadside the series of lectures was to be similar to one just completed by Agassiz at the Lowell Institute whose object was "to explain the successive creation of the several divisions of the animal kingdom." Only one year after this lecture series Agassiz returned to America to become professor of zoology and geology at the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard. Lists the following among the 35 members of the lecture committee: J[ohn] K. Kane, R[obert] M. Patterson, Robert Hare, S[amuel] G. Morton, C[harles] D. Meigs, T[homas] D. Mutter, and J[ohn F.] Frazer. | ||
| Note | Item call number: B F865.a, no. 17. | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Subject (local) | Broadsides | ||
| Subject (local) | Broadside Class: Science | ||
| Subject (local) | Broadside Division: Biological Science | ||
| Subject (local) | Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Natural history | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Creation | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Public speaking | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Animals | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Broadsides | ||
| Extent | 20 cm. x 25 cm. | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | ca. 1846? | ||
| Publisher | Philadelphia | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | John Fries Frazer Papers | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.F865 | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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