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Charles Mayer Wetherill was born at Philadelphia, the son of Charles and Margaretta Mayer Wetherill, and a first cousin of Samuel Wetherill, 1821-1890. On his mother's side his ancestors were early Pennsylvania settlers of German origin.
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On The Relative Cost Of Illumination In Lafayette, Ind
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Report of the Chemical Analysis of the White Sulphur Water of the Artesian Well of Lafayette, Ind., 1858: With Remarks Upon the Nature of Artesian Wells (Classic Reprint)
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On The Crystallization Of Suphur And Upon The Reaction Between Sulphid Of Hydrogen, Ammonia And Alcohol
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The Manufacture of Vinegar: Its Theory and Practice, With Especial Reference to the Quick Process (Classic Reprint)
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Experiments With The Ammonium Amalgam...
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Charles Mayer Wetherill
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After instruction in private schools young Wetherill entered the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied chemistry under A. D. Bache and J. F. Frazer, and was graduated in 1845. He spent a year studying analytical chemistry in the laboratory of James C. Booth and Martin H. Boyé in Philadelphia. He continued his chemical work abroad under Pelouze, Fremy, Gay-Lussac, and Dumas in Paris and under Liebig in the University of Giessen, from which he received the degrees of M. A. and Ph. D. in 1848. In 1851 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society and in 1853 was awarded the honorary degree of M. D. by the New York Medical College.
Career
On his return to Philadelphia he opened a chemical laboratory for private instruction and analysis, which he conducted until 1853. During this period he made investigations upon minerals, illuminating gas, adipocere, foods, and other products. In 1853 he prepared for the New York Crystal Palace Exposition of the Industry of All Nations an exhibit of Pennsylvania minerals and chemical products, for which he published a description. At the conclusion of this exposition Wetherill made a journey through Michigan and other North Central states for the purpose of exploring their mineral resources. The next five years he devoted to private research and literary work. He made a chemical analysis of the white sulfur water of Lafayette and published in 1860 his well-known treatise, The Manufacture of Vinegar. In July 1862 he accepted appointment as chemist of the newly created federal Department of Agriculture under Commissioner Isaac Newton. He was the first scientist of this department and established a laboratory in the basement of the old Patent Office, where he conducted investigations upon the chemical composition of sugars, sirups, wines, and other agricultural products. His Report on the Chemical Analysis of Grapes, which appeared as a separate publication in 1862, was the first scientific bulletin to be issued by the Department of Agriculture. As government chemist Wetherill was detailed by President Lincoln in 1862 and again in 1863 to conduct temporary investigations upon munitions for the War Department. These interruptions in the agricultural work of his new department excited the displeasure of Commissioner Newton, who refused to retain Wetherill longer in his position of department chemist. This event led to a celebrated congressional investigation in which Wetherill was completely exonerated from blame. From 1863 to 1866 he was chemist of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, during which period he conducted an important investigation upon the ventilation of the new House and Senate chambers in the United States Capitol extensions. The ninety-page report of his chemical investigation, "Warming and Ventilating the Capitol, " was published as House Executive Document 100. In 1866 Wetherill accepted the professorship of chemistry in the newly founded Lehigh University of Bethlehem, Pa. , a position which he held at the time of his death. During these years he published his Syllabus of Lectures on Chemical Physics (1867) and his Lecture-Notes on Chemistry (1868). As a professor and organizer he established a brilliant reputation. He furnished plans for the reorganization of the chemical department of the University of Pennsylvania and was offered the directorship of this department. He accepted this position but died at Bethlehem, from heart disease, before he could enter upon his new duties.
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The Manufacture of Vinegar: Its Theory and Practice, With Especial Reference to the Quick Process (Classic Reprint)
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On The Relative Cost Of Illumination In Lafayette, Ind
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Report of the Chemical Analysis of the White Sulphur Water of the Artesian Well of Lafayette, Ind., 1858: With Remarks Upon the Nature of Artesian Wells (Classic Reprint)
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On The Crystallization Of Suphur And Upon The Reaction Between Sulphid Of Hydrogen, Ammonia And Alcohol
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Experiments With The Ammonium Amalgam...
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The Manufacture of Vinegar: Its Theory and Practice, With Especial Reference to the Quick Process (Classic Reprint)
Connections
On August 12, 1856, he married Mary Benbridge of Lafayette, Ind. , to which place he transferred his residence.
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