Excerpt from Historical Sketch of the Chicago Academy of Sciences The Chicago Academy of Sciences is believed to have the honor of. Being organized at an earlier date than any other scholarly body now existing in Chi cago. In the year' 1856 a small circle. Of enthusiastic gentlemen united in a society for the promotion of scientific investigation, and adopted the name, The Chicago Academy of Natural Sciences. These, the original members of the Academy, were: James V. Z. Blaney, Nathan S. Davis, Sr., James W. Freer, C. A. ...
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Excerpt from Historical Sketch of the Chicago Academy of Sciences The Chicago Academy of Sciences is believed to have the honor of. Being organized at an earlier date than any other scholarly body now existing in Chi cago. In the year' 1856 a small circle. Of enthusiastic gentlemen united in a society for the promotion of scientific investigation, and adopted the name, The Chicago Academy of Natural Sciences. These, the original members of the Academy, were: James V. Z. Blaney, Nathan S. Davis, Sr., James W. Freer, C. A. Helmuth, Hosmer A. Johnson, Edmund Andrews, Henry Parker, J. Young Scammon, Franklin Scammon, Richard K. Swift, Joseph D. Webster, Eliphalet W. Blatchford and Henry W. Zimmerman. To this list many other names were soon added, and the new society grew and developed rapidly. A definite organization was completed at a meeting held January 18, 1857, in the office of Dr. Edmund Andrews, and the following officers were elected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This 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.
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