pt. 1. Beginnings: The colonial setting -- pt. 2. The Federalist Period: The revolutionary years -- The practical navigators -- Turnpike and towpath -- The beginnings of mass production -- Lecture hall and textbook -- pt. 3. The Jacksonian Period: The
surveys -- Humanists and humanitarians -- Steam, water, electricity -- The great naturalists -- Science and religion -- Sky and ocean -- The scientific schools.
A history of the growth of the natural, physical and engineering sciences in New England, from the time of the Pilgrim fathers to the beginning of the Civil War.
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