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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Page 62
... organized a national agricultural society . Failure to secure part of the Smithsonian fund , as had been hoped , caused the society to remain dormant until 1862 , when another convention of over 150 delegates met at Washington upon the ...
... organized a national agricultural society . Failure to secure part of the Smithsonian fund , as had been hoped , caused the society to remain dormant until 1862 , when another convention of over 150 delegates met at Washington upon the ...
Page 109
... ( organized in 1901 ) amalgamated with it . With a membership limited to persons engaged professionally in some branch of natural history , the society is made up of teachers , investi- gators , and museum administrators . A number of the ...
... ( organized in 1901 ) amalgamated with it . With a membership limited to persons engaged professionally in some branch of natural history , the society is made up of teachers , investi- gators , and museum administrators . A number of the ...
Page 133
... organized in 1889 at Cornell University , and the Alpha Delta Epsilon Scientific Fraternity , which had been organized in 1904 at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity . Gamma Alpha aims to promote the fraternal spirit among graduate scientific ...
... organized in 1889 at Cornell University , and the Alpha Delta Epsilon Scientific Fraternity , which had been organized in 1904 at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity . Gamma Alpha aims to promote the fraternal spirit among graduate scientific ...
Contents
Scientific Societies in Eighteenth Century America | 1 |
National Growth 18001865 | 28 |
The Triumph of Specialization 18661918 | 85 |
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