Panorama of progress, honoring Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1956.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Series:

Journal of the Franklin Institute ; v. 261, no. 1.

Journal of the Franklin Institute ; v. 261, no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 188 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Panorama of progress

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, ©1956.

Contents:

A program Poor Richard would have loved / C.L. Jordan

B. Franklin and the scientific societies / William E. Lingelbach

Changing concepts in science / Lord Adrian, O.M.

States of matter / L. Jansen and A. Michels

The coming of age of the atom / Louis Leprince-Ringuet

Benjamin Franklin and one plutonic year / Harlow Shapley

Pioneers in electrical communications / Eligio Perucca and Vittorio Gori

How medicine became a science / Sir Zachary Cope

Franklin's hospital, our hospital and the hospital of the future / Sydney P. Clark

Franklin and the unconquered fields of medicine / Pierre Lépine

Benjamin Franklin, the freemason / William J. Patterson

Franklin's impetus to education / Gaylord P. Harnwell

Food and the future / D.P. Cuthbertson

Franklin the businessman, first great apostle of free and competitive economy on the American scene / Marion L. Musante

Science and agriculture / Firman E. Bear.

Notes:

Title from p. [xxxi].

Cover title: "Panorama of Progress", 250th anniversary, Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1956.

-- Some aspects of Franklin's life in England / E.N. da C. Andrade -- The good citizen of the world / B. Hubert Cooper -- The simple and honest words / John LaCerda -- Our political crisis, and faith / Ernest A. de Bordenave.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

25963414