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

    Creator:
    Benson, Keith Rodney
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    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...
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    William Keith Brooks (1848-1908) : a case study in

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

    Creator:
    Bell, Walter Lyle
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    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...
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    Charles Babbage, philosopher, reformer, inventor : a

  • The chromosomes of ten species in the avian order Charadriiformes

    Creator:
    Ryan, William Charles
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    Chromosome complements of ten species of shorebirds, order Charadriiformes, were analyzed and compared. Mitotic chromosomes from the pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba), Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni), the California gull (L. californicus), the western gull (L. occidentalis), the American avocet (Recurvirostra americana), the western willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), Wilson's snipe (Capella gallinago), the...
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    Charadriiformes AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF WILLIAM CHARLES RYAN for the DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name) (Degree

  • Measurement of environmental gamma exposure by thermoluminescence dosimetry

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    Fitzsimmons, Charles Ke
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    Energy dependence, angular dependence, and linearity of response to exposure levels were studied for the thermoluminescent dosimeter used in an environmental monitoring network. The dosimeter consisted of a manganese activated calcium fluoride phosphor (Ca F₂: Mn) bonded to a helical heating element and encapsulated in a gas filled glass tube....
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    /day) 3 Data collected by William Horn in 1965 and Charles Fitzsimmons in 1969. 16 b = In-transit

  • An interactive computer graphics system applied to the life sciences

    Creator:
    Watson, Charles Ross
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    Graph production by computer requires a blending of human effort in scale selection with computer precision in datum point placement. Existing techniques are designed primarily for computer scientists; the average scientific investigator, educator, or businessman tends to avoid them for one or more of the following reasons: expense, complexity, or...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF CHARLES ROSS WATSON for the

  • J.H. Woodger and the emergence of supra-empirical orders of discussion in early twentieth century biology

    Creator:
    Allen, Marshall William
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    This investigation attempts to demonstrate that the development of the early 20th century biological enterprise involved a striving for a unifying theoretical perspective. A skeletal substantiation of this is given by an overview of early 20th century biology in which some biologists began recognizing a multiplicity of different orders of...
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    of discussion in early twentieth century biology AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF MARSHALL WILLIAM

  • The development of the chlorinity-salinity concept in oceanography

    Creator:
    Wallace, William J.
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    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...
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    oceanography AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF WILLIAM JOHN WALLACE, JR. for the (Name) in GENERAL SCIENCE

  • An assessment of rival British theories of biogeography, 1800-1859

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    Kinch, Michael P.
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    At the beginning of the nineteenth century most theorizing British naturalists supported a Biblical account of the distribution of life which was based upon the notion that life had been dispersed from the resting place of the ark. This implied a relatively even dispersion of life about the Earth, but...
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    proposed by Charles Lyell (1797-1875), R. B. Hinds (1812-1847), and others. The lack of a mechanism for

  • The Oregon eugenic movement : Bethenia Angelina Owens-Adair

    Creator:
    Currey, Linda Lorraine
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    In 1906, applying Charles Darwin's evolutionary theories to the human race, Sir Francis Galton introduced the concept of eugenics, "the science of the improvement of the human race by better breeding." The rediscovery in 1900 of Mendel's laws of genetic inheritance and an upsurge in hereditarian thought set the stage...
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    , Department of General Science In 1906, applying Charles Darwin's evolutionary theories to the human race

  • Play behavior in the golden hamster

    Creator:
    Kreitlow, Jean Louise
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    Intensive observations were made of play behavior in the young hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) from 14 to 54 days of age. Behavior was recorded using movie film and a multi-channel event recorder. Play was first seen at 14 days of age. The amount of play increased rapidly thereafter, remaining relatively high...
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    considerable attention because of the anomalous situation that the female is the most aggressive sex (Payne