Excerpt from History of the College of New Jersey, Vol. 2: From Its Origin in 1746 to the Commencement of 1854 Dr. Maclean emigrated to America in 1795, and became one of the most popular professors who ever graced the College. He was at home almost equally in all branches of science. Chemistry, Natural History, Mathematics, and Natural Philosophy successively claimed his attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.