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Benjamin Banneker / Catherine A. Welch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Welch, Catherine A., author.
- Series:
- History maker biographies.
- History maker biographies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806--Juvenile literature.
- Banneker, Benjamin.
- Astronomers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Astronomers.
- African American scientists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American scientists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 pagets) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Lerner Publications Company, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- True or False? Benjamin Banneker used a telescope and mathematics to predict a solar eclipse. True! In 1789, Banneker calculated when the moon would pass between the earth and sun. And he did it without any formal math or science training. As a young boy, he worked on the farm owned by his father, who was a freed slave in Maryland. He helped to survey and plot out the site for the U.S. capital city, Washington, D.C. He also published several almanacs that helped farmers, merchants, and sailors predict the weather and know the dates of holidays and festivals.
- Contents:
- Family and chores
- Neighbors, work, and study
- Stargazing and Washington, D.C
- Banneker's almanacs
- Fears and dreams
- Timeline
- Digging up Banneker's homesite.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-14755-9
- 9786611147556
- 0-7613-3999-X
- OCLC:
- 1011216330
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