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Jefferson and science / by Silvio A. Bedini ; preface by Donald Fleming.

Title
Jefferson and science / by Silvio A. Bedini ; preface by Donald Fleming.
Author
Bedini, Silvio A.
Publication
[Charlottesville, Va.?] : Thomas Jefferson Foundation ; Chapel Hill, N.C. : Distributed by the University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

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Additional Authors
Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Description
126 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Monticello monograph series
Uniform Title
Monticello monograph series.
Subject
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Contributions in science
  • 1700-1899
  • Science > United States > History > 18th century
  • Science > United States > History > 19th century
  • Presidents > United States > Biography
  • Scientists > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-121) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface / Donald Fleming -- Ch. 1. Surveying -- Ch. 2. Meteorology -- Ch. 3. Astronomy -- Ch. 4. The American Philosophical Society -- Ch. 5. Science in Europe -- Ch. 6. Notes on the State of Virginia -- Ch. 7. Ethnology -- Ch. 8. Health and Medicine -- Ch. 9. Paleontology -- Ch. 10. Exploration and Discovery -- Ch. 11. Invention -- Ch. 12. Botany -- Ch. 13. Horology -- Ch. 14. Agriculture -- Ch. 15. The University of Virginia.
ISBN
1882886194
LCCN
^^2002035858
OCLC
50725362
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library