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9780486269276
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.Struik, Dirk J. is the author of 'Yankee Science in the Making Science and Engineering in New England from Colonial Times to the Civil War', published 1991 under ISBN 9780486269276 and ISBN 0486269272.
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