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Excerpt from Original Researches in Mineralogy and Chemistry
My thanks are due Prof. B. Silliman for material assistance in the preparation of this volume.
This volume is intended as a memorial volume for presentation to the scientific friends of Prof. J. Lawrence Smith. By request Of Mrs. Smith the brief biographical sketches prepared by the editor, Dr. Michel, and Prof. Silliman, are inserted in the order in which they were originally published.
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