The pursuit of science in Revolutionary America, 1735-1789.
| Author/creator |
Hindle, Brooke |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va. by University of North Carolina Press, [1956] |
| Description | xi, 410 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliographical footnotes. "Bibliographical note": p. 387-392. |
| LCCN | 56004168 |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | Q127.U6 H5 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |