DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton : geology and power in early New York /
Spanagel, David I.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of figures and tables -- Preamble -- Introduction : a meeting place for waters and students of Earth history -- Part I. Exploring New York State. Invitations to study the Earth's past ; Natural sciences and civic virtues ; The landlord and the ex-convict -- Part II. Engineering for a New World's geology. Clinton's ditch ; Eaton's agricultural and geological surveys ; Empire State exports -- Part III. Entertaining deep time and the sublime. Literary naturalists ; Kindred spirits ; Rocks, reverence, and religion -- Conclusion : Echoes of New York's embrace of geological investigation.
Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842.
Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Geology
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