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(METEOROLOGY). OLMSTED, DENISON. Outlines of Lectures on Meteorology, Delivered at Yale College. For the Use of the Students. New Haven, [Conn.]: B.L. Hamlen, 1837. 1st ed. 8vo. 16 pp. Removed. $125.00
Rinderknecht 46077. With pencilled notes throughout; a printed notice on the verso of the title reads: "The margin is left wide, for the convenience of taking notes." "As an instructor of scientific subjects, he introduced experiments into his lectures and inaugurated laboratory work for the students. He advocated an astronomical observatory for the use of students, and another for scientific research. A lamentable lack of textbooks led him to prepare such aids..." --DAB.