RARE! "Physicist" Lorin Blodget Hand Written Letter Dated 1890 Todd Mueller COA

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Up for auction a RARE! "Physicist" Lorin Blodget Hand Written Letter Dated 1890.
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Lorin Blodget
(May 23, 1823 in
Chautauqua County
, New York – 1901), American physicist and writer. Blodget was born near
Jamestown
and attended the
Jamestown Academy
. He later attended a college now called
Hobart College
in Geneva, NY. In 1851, he became assistant professor at the
Smithsonian Institution
at Washington. He may be said to have laid the foundation of American
climatology
. In 1855, he published a quarto volume of climatological observations, and in 1857
Climatology in the United States
, a work extensively circulated and very favorably received in Europe. He was editor of the
North American
, published in Philadelphia, and secretary of the
Philadelphia Board of Trade
from 1858 to 1864. He contributed articles on finance to the
North American Review
in 1866 and 1867, besides making contributions to various other publications. Besides his work for the Smithsonian, Blodget worked for the War Department to conduct climatological research. Afterward, he worked for the Treasury Department, preparing statistical and financial reports, and later working in specialized positions in the Customs and Treasury Department. Subsequently, he moved to Philadelphia to become the secretary of the Board of Trade and editor of the "North American Review."