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The pursuit of science in Revolutionary America, 1735-1789

Title
The pursuit of science in Revolutionary America, 1735-1789 / by Brooke Hindle.
Author
Hindle, Brooke
Publication
  • Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va. by University of North Carolina Press
  • ©1956.

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Description
xi, 410 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
Subject
  • 1700-1799
  • Science > United States > History > 18th century
  • Science > United States > History
  • Science > history
  • Science
  • Natuurwetenschappen
  • United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
  • United States
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical footnotes. "Bibliographical note": p. 387-392.
Contents
Colonial circles and ties, 1735-1765. The natural history circle -- The doctors : naturalists and physicians -- Shattered dreams and unexpected accomplishment -- Teachers and preachers -- Along the road to revolution, 1763-1775. Agitation and organization -- The American Philosophical Society -- The transit of Venus -- The sciences -- American improvement -- The new nation, 1775-1789. The war -- The prophets of glory and their temples of science -- Medicine in the republic -- Natural history in the republic -- Natural philosophy in the republic -- Theory and practice -- The American Revolution and the pursuit of science.
LCCN
  • 56004168
  • 870046
OCLC
  • ocm00520276
  • 520276
  • SCSB-300419
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library