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Henry Augustus Rowland and his electromagnetic researches

Creator:: Miller, John D. (John David)
Abstract:: This analysis concerns the life and scientific work of Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901), organizer and the first chairman of the physics department at The Johns Hopkins University in 1876. Special materials used in this research included three pieces of Rowland's experimental apparatus which are extant in the Smithsonian Institution Division...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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William Keith Brooks (1848-1908) : a case study in morphology and the development of American biology

Creator:: Benson, Keith Rodney
Abstract:: The major historical studies that have examined American biology have emphasized the development of experimental biology at the end of the nineteenth century. In this characterization, the descriptive branch of biology has often been treated as less than important and, in several cases, as a hindrance in the application of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: William Keith Brooks (1848-1908) : a case study in

The development of the chlorinity-salinity concept in oceanography

Creator:: Wallace, William J.
Abstract:: This study traces the historical foundations of the concept of constant ionic proportionality and the equation (Salinity [S%₀] = 1.805 Chlorinity [Cl%₀] + 0.030) which has been in general use in oceanography since 1902 until 1969 and which is based upon this constancy, The notion that the constituents present in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: oceanography AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF WILLIAM JOHN WALLACE, JR. for the (Name) in GENERAL SCIENCE

John Wesley Powell : science and reform in a positive context

Creator:: Zernel, John Joseph, 1945-
Abstract:: John Wesley Powell worked actively for public land system reform while a director of geographical and geological surveys in the West from 1869 to 1894. Although this has won him acclaim as a conservationist, the basis of Powell's linkage of reform with scientific work is poorly understood. A study of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Powell's study of Indian culture reflected ethnologist Lewis Henry Morgan's emphasis on social

Tree mortality in midwestern oak-hickory forests : rates and processes

Creator:: Pedersen, Brian S.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: thesis committee; and the other members of my thesis committee: William E. Winner (Department of Botany

A determination and selection of a biology course content of significance for a freshman level general education course

Creator:: Hankins, Lela Ruth
Abstract:: The purposes of this investigation were twofold: 1. To determine important criteria for making a selection of course content in general biology. 2. To ascertain what should be the content emphasis in biology for the purposes of general education at the freshman college level. The literature pertinent to the problem...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , The ideas and works of selected biologists -- William Harvey, Gregor Mendel, Lamarck, and Charles

Charles Babbage, philosopher, reformer, inventor : a history of his contributions to science

Creator:: Bell, Walter Lyle
Abstract:: This history concerns the scientific contributions of Charles Babbage (1791-1871) to mathematics, to the invention of calculating machines, and machine tools, to the development of scientific ideas through a wide variety of scientific investigations and his involvement in several different scientific reforms. Babbage considered himself a philosopher in the broadest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: REFORMER 2 State of Mathematics in England Woodhouse's Contributions to Reform William Henry Mau le

Denison Olmsted (1791-1859), scientist, teacher, Christian : a biographical study of the connection of science with religion in antebellum America

Creator:: Schoepflin, Gary Lee
Abstract:: A biographical study of Denison Olmsted, focusing upon his own Christian world view and its connection with his various activities in science, supports the view that religion served as a significant factor in the promotion of science in America during this time period. Olmsted taught physics, meteorology and astronomy at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Henry Cavendish, and 17 William Nicholson. At the University of Edinburgh, he listened with

John Fiske's philosophy of science : the union of science and religion through the principle of evolution

Creator:: Lester, Jacob Franklin
Abstract:: Modern science was produced by a Christian society, and although science has had an effect on Christianity, it could not itself remain unaffected. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the subject of evolution was as much a religious as a scientific issue. The battle line was drawn and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: House of Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter; Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden; Herman Melville wrote

An integrated physics-chemistry course in a liberal arts college

Creator:: McIntosh, Harold Leroy
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study In most liberal arts colleges, the majority of students enrolled are primarily interested in a liberal education. To meet the requirements of its students, several colleges have introduced a relatively new program in the sciences; this program is the integrated science course. This study attempts to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Tarkio, Missouri William Jewell College Liberty, Missouri A Methodist liberal arts col- lege of about

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Henry Augustus Rowland and his electromagnetic researches

William Keith Brooks (1848-1908) : a case study in morphology and the development of American biology

The development of the chlorinity-salinity concept in oceanography

John Wesley Powell : science and reform in a positive context

Tree mortality in midwestern oak-hickory forests : rates and processes

A determination and selection of a biology course content of significance for a freshman level general education course

Charles Babbage, philosopher, reformer, inventor : a history of his contributions to science

Denison Olmsted (1791-1859), scientist, teacher, Christian : a biographical study of the connection of science with religion in antebellum America

John Fiske's philosophy of science : the union of science and religion through the principle of evolution

An integrated physics-chemistry course in a liberal arts college

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