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Dana (JAMES DWIGHT an American)

JAMES DWIGHT, an American scientist; born in Utica, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1813. His researches into geology made him famous, and his professorship at Yale proved epoch-making in the his tory of that seat of learning. He published: "System of Mineralogy"; "Manual of Mineralogy"; "Text-Book of Geology"; "Corals and Coral Islands"; "The Geological Story Briefly Told"; etc. He died in New Haven, April 14, 1895.

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