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A century of science in America : with special reference to the American…
"A Century of Science in America" by Edward Salisbury Dana and others is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work commemorates the centenary of the American Journal of Science, which was founded by Benjamin Silliman in 1818. It explores the progress and development of various scientific disciplines in America over the preceding century, reflecting on how these advancements are documented in the Journal. The opening of this volume outlines the legacy that established the Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Lectures at Yale University, detailing the intent behind these lectures to illustrate God's presence as revealed through nature and history, while strictly avoiding dogmatic theology. It emphasizes early scientific literature's limited scope in the 19th century and introduces Benjamin Silliman's role in founding the Journal, which successfully provided a platform for scientific dissemination in the United States. This introduction lays the groundwork for discussing the broader scientific developments achieved since the Journal’s inception, highlighting the cumulative impact of various scientific investigations that have significantly shaped American science by 1918. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Contributor | Wells, Horace L. (Horace Lemuel), 1855-1924 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 19000218 |
| Title | A century of science in America : with special reference to the American Journal of Science, 1818-1918 |
| Original Publication | London: Yale University Press, 1918. |
| Contents | The American journal of science from 1818 to 1918, by E.S. Dana -- A century of geology: the progress of historical geology in North America, by C. Schuchert -- A century of geology: steps of progress in the interpretation of land forms, by H.E. Gregory -- A century of geology (continued): the growth of knowledge of earth structure, by J. Barrell -- A century of government geological surveys, by G.O. Smith -- On the development of vertebrate paleontology, by R.S. Lull -- The rise of petrology as a science, by L.V. Pirsson -- The growth of mineralogy from 1818 to 1918, by W.E. Ford -- The work of the geophysical laboratory of the Carnegie institution of Washington, by R.B. Sosman -- The progress of chemistry during the past one hundred years, by H.L. Wells and H.W. Foote -- A century's progress in physics, by L. Page -- A century of zoology in America, by W.R. Coe -- The development of botany since 1818, by G.L. Goodale. |
| Credits | Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 46.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | Q: Science |
| Subject | Science -- United States -- History |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 73605 |
| Release Date | May 11, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 968 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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