Benjamin Silliman and his circle
Subtitle: studies on the influence of Benjamin Silliman on science in America : prepared in honor of Elizabeth H. Thomson
By: edited by Leonard G. Wilson.
Contributors: Thomson, Elizabeth Harriet, 1907-; Wilson, Leonard G. 1928-
Publisher: Science History Publications
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 -- Friends and associates.; Scientists -- United States -- Biography.; Science -- United States -- History.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 209-215.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Wilson, L. G. Benjamin Silliman.; title: Greene, J. C. Protestantism, science, and American enterprise.; title: Beckham, S. D. Colonel George Gibbs.; title: Robinson, G. Edward Hitchcock.; title: Robinson, G. Charles Upham Shepard.; title: Rossiter, M. W. A portrait of James Dwight Dana.; title: Kuslan, L. I. The rise of the Yale School of Applied Chemistry (1845-1856).; title: Kuslan, L. I. Benjamin Silliman, Jr.