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           ThenameofLiedenbrockwashonourablymentionedincollegesandlearnedsocieties. HumphryDavy,Humboldt,CaptainSirJohnFranklin,GeneralSabine,neverfailedtocalluponhimontheirwaythroughHamburg. Becquerel,Ebelman,Brewster,Dumas,Milne-Edwards,Saint-Claire-Devillefrequentlyconsultedhimuponthemostdifficultproblemsinchemistry, asciencewhichwasindebtedtohimforconsiderablediscoveries,forin1853therehadappearedatLeipziganimposingfoliobyOttoLiedenbrock,entitled, "ATreatiseuponTranscendentalChemistry,"withplates; awork,however,whichfailedtocoveritsexpenses. 

           ToallthesetitlestohonourletmeaddthatmyunclewasthecuratorofthemuseumofmineralogyformedbyM.Struve,theRussianambassador;amostvaluablecollection,thefameofwhichisEuropean. 

           Suchwasthegentlemanwhoaddressedmeinthatimpetuousmanner. Fancyatall,spareman,ofanironconstitution,andwithafaircomplexionwhichtookoffagoodtenyearsfromthefiftyhemustownto. Hisrestlesseyeswereinincessantmotionbehindhisfull-sizedspectacles. Hislong,thinnosewaslikeaknifeblade. Boyshavebeenheardtoremarkthatthatorganwasmagnetisedandattractedironfilings. Butthiswasmerelyamischievousreport; ithadnoattractionexceptforsnuff,whichitseemedtodrawtoitselfingreatquantities. 

           WhenIhaveadded,tocompletemyportrait,thatmyunclewalkedbymathematicalstridesofayardandahalf,andthatinwalkinghekepthisfistsfirmlyclosed,asuresignofanirritabletemperament,IthinkIshallhavesaidenoughtodisenchantanyonewhoshouldbymistakehavecovetedmuchofhiscompany. 

           HelivedinhisownlittlehouseinKönigstrasse,astructurehalfbrickandhalfwood,withagablecutintosteps;