statical experiments lining 1740 von lining john (1 Ergebnisse)

8vo. [16] pp. Original printed wrappers. Fine. Facsimile of Extracts of two letters from John Lining to James Jurin, originally published in the Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, v. 42, 1742-43. Dr. John Lining came to South Carolina at about 1728. He seems to have achieved his medical degree at Leyden, then practiced medicine in Charlestown and opened an apothecary shop, raising indigo.