" One grand pursuit"
Subtitle: a brief history of the American Philosophical Society's first 250 years, 1743-1993
By: by Edward C. Carter II.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: American Philosophical Society -- History.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 115-117.
Table of contents: title: Some general observations; title: Creating the Society, 1743-1790; title: The new nation's scientific society, 1790-1848; title: The Quiet years, 1848-1900; title: Renewal and redefinition, 1900-1942; title: The modern society, 1942-1993; title: Things to come; title: Hail but not farewell.