James Cutbush
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James Cutbush was a United States
chemist
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with the rank of assistant apothecary-general in 1814, served first in Philadelphia, was afterward attached to the northern division of the Army, and was chief medical officer of the U. S. Military Academy and the Army post at West Point from June 1820 until November 1821. On the reorganization of the Army, he became assistant surgeon and acting professor of chemistry and mineralogy at West Point, in which capacity he continued until his death. He was president of the Columbian Chemical Society in Philadelphia.
's American Journal of Sciences,” and was the author of:
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Chemist
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Biography
Concerning his early history, very little is known, except that he taught chemistry. He was appointed to the United States ArmyUnited States Army
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with the rank of assistant apothecary-general in 1814, served first in Philadelphia, was afterward attached to the northern division of the Army, and was chief medical officer of the U. S. Military Academy and the Army post at West Point from June 1820 until November 1821. On the reorganization of the Army, he became assistant surgeon and acting professor of chemistry and mineralogy at West Point, in which capacity he continued until his death. He was president of the Columbian Chemical Society in Philadelphia.
Works
He wrote several papers in the earlier volumes of SillimanBenjamin Silliman
Benjamin Silliman was an American chemist, one of the first American professors of science , and the first to distill petroleum.-Early life:...
's American Journal of Sciences,” and was the author of:
- Useful Cabinet (1808)
- Philosophy of Experimental Chemistry (1813)
- Treatise on Pyrotechnics (Philadelphia, 1825)