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Famous American men of science / by J.G. Crowther.
LIBRA 925C C889
Available from offsite location
LIBRA 925C C889
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crowther, J. G. (James Gerald), 1899-1983.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientists--United States.
- Scientists.
- United States.
- Sociology.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878.
- Henry, Joseph.
- Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903.
- Gibbs, J. Willard.
- Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
- Edison, Thomas A.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi pages, 1 leaf, 19-414 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & company, inc., [1937]
- Notes:
- "An account of the scientific work and lives of Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Henry, Josiah Willard Gibbs and Thomas Alva Edison. The relations between the problems they chose to work upon, and the social needs of their times, are pointed out."--Foreword.
- "General bibliography": pages xv-xvi; bibliography at end of each subject.
- OCLC:
- 1806814
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