Alexander Dallas Bache : Scientist and Educator, 1806-1867 /

This is the biography of a man who made his greatest contribution to science in his reorganization of the U.S. Coast Survey. Alexander Dallas Bache was appointed superintendent in 1843, and the Survey increased its scope and improved its methods in the study of winds, tides, currents, and harbors un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Odgers, Merle M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Colección:PENNSYLVANIA LIVES
Temas:
Bache, A. D. > (Alexander Dallas), > 1806-1867.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • I. FRANKLIN'S MOST FAMOUS SCION
  • II. WEST POINT AND THE ARMY
  • III. A PROFESSORSHIP AT TWENTY-TWO
  • IV. A SCHOOL IN THE MAKING: GIRARD COLLEGE
  • V. "MEN AND..."
  • VI. '...THINGS"
  • VII. AN ENVOY'S REPORT
  • VIII. THE PHILADELPHIA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
  • IX. EARLY RESEARCH
  • X. MAGNETISM
  • XI. A FIRST CAREER ENDS
  • XII. THE COAST SURVEY
  • XIII. SERVICES TO THE NATION
  • XIV. MAN OF SCIENCE
  • XV. THE CHIEF
  • BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
  • INDEX

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