Title: Science in the British colonies of America.
Authors: Stearns, Raymond Phineas, 1904-1970.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Year: 1970
Subjects: Science; Science history; Science North America History.; Science history.; United States
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Old Science in the New World -- 3. The New Science Comes to America -- 4. The Advent of the Royal Society of London -- 5. The Royal Society's Early Promotions: Virginia -- 7. The Royal Society's Early Promotions: The West Indies and Hudson's Bay -- 8. The Southern Mainland Colonies -- 9. The West Indies -- 10. The Northern Mainland Colonies -- 11. The Emergence of American Science -- 12. Some Observations and Conclusions.