Scientific Societies in the United StatesColumbia University Press, 1958 - 297 pages Looks at scientific societies in the United States such as the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Smithsonian Institute, and others including municipal societies for their pursuits of many scientific branches from anthropology to zoology. |
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... York in 1842 , led two or three years of active existence . At a meeting held in Phila- delphia in 1859 for forming a society for " the advancement of ento- mological science , " 95 the Entomological Society of Philadelphia was ...
... York in 1842 , led two or three years of active existence . At a meeting held in Phila- delphia in 1859 for forming a society for " the advancement of ento- mological science , " 95 the Entomological Society of Philadelphia was ...
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... York , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Vir- ginia , and Michigan . From the last state came Bela Hubbard and Douglas Houghton . It " took them an entire week , traveling day and night by the most direct route , and the roads in Ohio were so ...
... York , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Vir- ginia , and Michigan . From the last state came Bela Hubbard and Douglas Houghton . It " took them an entire week , traveling day and night by the most direct route , and the roads in Ohio were so ...
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Ralph Samuel Bates. ciation for the Advancement of Science , formed at York , England , in 1832 , had been conspicuously successful , and there was ever present before the eyes of American scientists the example of that active and ...
Ralph Samuel Bates. ciation for the Advancement of Science , formed at York , England , in 1832 , had been conspicuously successful , and there was ever present before the eyes of American scientists the example of that active and ...
Contents
Scientific Societies in Eighteenth Century America | 1 |
National Growth 18001865 | 28 |
The Triumph of Specialization 18661918 | 85 |
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