Silliman

[ sil-uh-muhn ]

noun

1. Benjamin, 1779–1864, U.S. scientist and educator.

Example Sentences

“He was not the trigger-puller,” says Scott Silliman, a Duke University law professor.

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A militia force of five hundred had been hastily collected by Generals Wooster and Silliman.

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It is said that on hearing the younger Silliman lecture, an enthusiastic auditor exclaimed, "Why, he beats the old gent!"

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Professor Silliman possessed another fine one, seven inches in length.

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A curious result happened to the elder Silliman when experimenting with a Peruvian emerald before the compound blowpipe.

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Here he found delight in renewing his studies of galvanism and electricity under Professor Silliman.

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