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CORRELATION AND CONSERVATION
OF
FOECES:
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PEOF. GEOYE, PEOF. HELMHOLTZ, DE. MAYEE,
DE. FAEADAY, PEOF. LIEBIG AND
DE. CAEPEJSTTEE.
INTKODUCTION AND BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE
CHIEF PROMOTERS OF THE NEW VIEWS.
BT
EDWARD L. YOUMANS, M.D.
1 — The highest law in physical science which our faculties permit ua to perceive— the
Conservation of Force.ll— DB. FABADAY.
NEW YOEK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
448 & 445 BROADWAY.
1865.
LIBRARY OF THE
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ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk's Office, of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.
QC
TO
JOHN WILLIAM DKAPEK, M.D., LL.D,
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OP NEW YORK.
DEAR SIR:—
IT seems peculiarly appropriate that this volume should be dedicated to you. Knowing the eminent esteem in which you are held in the circles of
European science, I cannot ' doubt that the distinguished authors of the following essays would cordially approve this connection of your name with their introduction to the American public.
There is, besides, a further reason for this in that large coincidence of purpose which is manifest in their labors and your own. For while the pervading design of the present collection is to widen the range of thought by…