Title: Yankee Science in the Making: Science and Engineering in New England from Colonial Times to the Civil War
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0486269272
ISBN 13: 9780486269276
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New

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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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