 I have had no reference to his political character, or to his reputation for general science, and for literature. My business was with his knowledge of natural history. In the various departments of this science, but especially in botany and in zoology,...  Transactions of the American Philosophical Society - Side 342af American Philosophical Society - 1793Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Paul Russell Cutright - 2000 - 356 sider
...naturalist, as is proved by Dr. Barton's deposition: ". . . in the various departments of ... botany and zoology, the information of this gentleman is equalled by that of few persons in the United States."8 He had familiarized himself with maps then available purporting to... | |
 | Paul Russell Cutright - 1989 - 548 sider
...Lewis's instructor, we have Dr. Barton's words for it that: "in the various departments of ... botany and zoology, the information of this gentleman is equalled by that of few persons in the United States."1 Even if Lewis pursued no prescribed course of study, it was inescapable... | |
 | Frederick Doveton Nichols, Ralph E. Griswold - 1978 - 228 sider
...Fig. 78. Jeffersonia diphylla, drawing by Benjamin Smith Barton, 1772 (American Philosophical Society) zoology, the information of this gentleman is equalled by that of few persons in the United-States."23 Jeffersonia, a modest flower, was indeed a proper representation of... | |
 | 1086 sider
...his political character, or to his reputation for general fcience, and for literature. My buiinefs was with his knowledge of natural hiftory. In the...defcribing, we, as yet, know but one fpecies, which I call JEFPERSONIA BIXATA, The root of this plant is fibrous, very branching, of a palf.-brown, or dirty-yellowifh,... | |
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