Life of James H Coffin LL.D. : for Twenty-seven Years Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy in Lafayette College; Member of the National Academy of Sciences, and Other Learned Bodies; Discoverer of the Laws which Govern the Winds of the Globe
Easton PA: No Publisher Listed, 1881.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #13173
Light rub, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Inscribed on the front flyleaf in 1881 by Selden J Coffin, son and successor to his father as Professor of Mathematics at Lafayette College. Half morocco and textured cloth, gilt-lettered six-compartment spine, coated brown endpapers. "James Henry Coffin (1806-1873) was a noted author, educator, mathematician, and meteorologist. He was internationally recognized for his work on the subjects of winds and atmospheric changes. His book, Winds of the Northern Hemisphere, is considered the pioneer work in the field of meteorology. He was professor of mathematics, natural philosophy and astronomy at Lafayette College from 1846-1873. He also served as Lafayette College Vice-President (1849-1853) and Treasurer (1863-1873), and was instrumental in establishing the college’s first and only astronomical observatory." - Lafayette College. Scarce biography of James Henry Coffin, mathematician, meteorologist, and educator. ; 373, 3 ad pages; Signed by Family Member.
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