The Pennsylvania-German in the Field of the Natural Scien...
Porter, Thomas Conrad![The Pennsylvania-German in the Field of the Natural Sciences, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/187/18788090/CHSBZCOP0318788090.jpg)
Excerpt from The Pennsylvania-German in the Field of the Natural Sciences, Vol. 6
In the early part of his career he traveled over a large portion of the Scandinavian peninsula, gathering rich spoils, and, later, supported by royal patronage, sent forth not a few of his young disciples, to bring back from distant lands like treasures to the museum of the University. These it became his business to examine, describe, name, figure, classify and...