The Pursuit of Science in Revolutionary America 1735-1789
by Hindle, Brooke
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1956. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good +/good. (1956). Octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 410pp. with index and bibliographical notes. Frontispiece and 22 black and white illustrations on 8 pages following page 194. Near very good in fair to good jacket. Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture Williamsburg, Virginia. Demonstrates the interdependence of social change and scientific advance.
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13069
- Title
- The Pursuit of Science in Revolutionary America 1735-1789
- Author
- Hindle, Brooke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Science; Natural History; American Philosophical Society; John Bartram; Benjamin Franklin; David Rittenhouse; John Winthrop; Thomas Jefferson; Cadwallader Colden; Peter Kalm; Charles Thompson
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
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Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
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