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Download or read book Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell 1834 1902 Classic Reprint written by William Morris Davis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834 1902 Powell reproduced his original diary, keeping the narrative in the present tense as when written in the canyon, with the result of giving a vivacity to his story unusual in government publi cations yet one may read it without learning that the author had lost his right forearm! 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.
Download or read book Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell 1834 1902 written by William Morris Davis and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... developing his capacity to carry through whatever he undertook. VISIT TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 1867-1868. The war over, Powell returned to his home in Illinois and was nominated clerk of Du Page County, Illinois, at a good salary; but at the same time he was offered an appointment more to his liking, though at a lower salary, as professor of geology in Illinois Wesleyan College, at Bloomington; this he accepted. A later appointment was that of lecturer and curator of the museum at the Illinois Normal University at Normal, near Bloomington. The young professor took his classes into the field, had an active part in public discussions in favor of introducing more science in college programs, and influenced the State legislature to advance science teaching in the Normal University. In the summer of 1867 Powell, at the age of thirty-three, struck out on a new path that led to all his later work. Aided by the Illinois Society of Natural History, with which he was still connected, he conducted a party of sixteen "naturalists, students, and amateurs" across the plains to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, then known more as a field for adventure than for research. His wife accompanied him. Through the aid of General Grant, it was arranged that the army posts should furnish his party with supplies at government rates; railroads gave him passes. A contemplated passage through the Bad Lands under military escort was given up on account of hostile Indians. The expedition visited South and Middle Parks, climbed Pikes Peak and other mountains, and gathered a great store of specimens that were shipped back to the colleges at Bloomington, Normal, and elsewhere. Powell was thus the first college professor to combine field teaching with western exploration, ...
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Download or read book John Wesley Powell written by Mrs M Lincoln (Beach) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. John Wesley Powell was in more senses than one a scientific frontiersman. His life reveals the energetic working of a vigorous and independent personality, not trammeled by traditional methods and not so deeply versed in the history, the content, and the technique of the sciences as to be guided by them, but impelled to the rapid discovery of new principles by the inspiration of previously unexplored surroundings. His life shows us further how a man of exceptional power rises suddenly in an otherwise undistinguished lineage, and how he surmounts the limiting associations of early years, less through the opportunity provided by others than through opportunities opened by his own individual enterprise for the satisfaction of inborn interests. -Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902
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Download or read book Major Impossible Nathan Hale s Hazardous Tales 9 written by Nathan Hale and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninth book in the bestselling series tells the story of John Wesley Powell, the one-armed geologist who explored the Grand Canyon John Wesley Powell (1834–1902) always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869 he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition, ten men in four boats, to float through Grand Canyon. Over the course of three months, the explorers lost their boats and supplies, nearly drowned, and were in peril on multiple occasions. Ten explorers went in, only six came out. Powell would come to be known as one of the most epic explorers in history! Equal parts gruesome and hilarious, this latest installment in the bestselling series takes readers on an action-packed adventure through American history.
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