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Download or read book The Savitar, 01-02 (Classic Reprint) written by University Of Missouri and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Savitar, 01-02 Dr. Litton's work, however, has been beneficial not only to the schools of the state, but also to the people in general. In 1854, in the employ of the Missouri state-geological Survey, he made an examina tion of the lead regions of Southeast Missouri. He has the honor of being the first man to make a scientific investigation and complete te port of the geological conditions of that part of the state. It will no doubt be of interest to our readers to know that Dr. Litton was at one time a member. Of the Faculty in Missouri State University, being a Professor of Chemistry here in 1849. This event awakened in him an interest in the institution which he retained until the end of his life, leading him to present to it in 1887 his large and valuable scientific library, consisting of some fifteen hundred to two thousand volumes, many of which are very rare and expensive. These works comprise some of the best writings of English, French, and German scientists. The gift was not only valuable in itself, but has been the means of establishing a scientific library which, if properly cared for, will be of inestimable value at some not far distant date. He also contributed recently to the different laboratories of the Uni versity several thousand dollars worth of physical apparatus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.