Yankee Science in the Making: Science and Engineering in New England from Colonial Times to the Civil War

Dirk J. Struik

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ISBN 10: 0486269272 ISBN 13: 9780486269276

Published by Dover Publications, 1992

Language: English

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Yankee Science in the Making: Science and Engineering in New England from Colonial Times to the Civil War

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Dover Publications

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1992

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English

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0486269272

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9780486269276

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Soft cover

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Near Fine

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Thoughtful, readable survey explores "flowering" of science in New England from Colonial times to the Civil War. Describes contributions of scientists Benjamin Franklin and Eli Whitney, engineers George Washington Whistler and Cyrus Field, naturalists Gray, Agassiz, and Dana; medical accomplishments of Holmes, Morton and Jarvis, beginnings of Darwinism, much more.

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