Science and technology in colonial America

by Burns, William E.

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Title Statements

Full title :Science and technology in colonial America / William E. Burns.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Greenwood Press
Place of Publication:Westport, Conn
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxxviii, 182 pages) : : illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0313017646, 9780313017643
oclc:ocm62320310
LC Classification:T21
Dewey Decimal:509.73/09/033

Making a living: agriculture -- Wood, fruit crops, and other tree products -- Making a living: manufacturing and industry -- The world of the sea -- Technology in domestic life -- Architecture and housing -- Transportation -- Reading and seeing: the technology of words and images -- Science and technology on the land: surveying and cartography -- Technology and war -- Natural knowledge in American colonial societies -- The scientific revolution in colonial America -- The age of Benjamin Franklin.

Subjects

États-Unis -- Histoire -- ca 1600-1775 … History Science Science -- history Science -- History -- 17th century. -- … Science -- History -- 18th century. -- … Sciences -- Histoire -- 17e siècle. -- … Sciences -- Histoire -- 18e siècle. -- … Technologie -- Histoire -- 17e siècle. … Technologie -- Histoire -- 18e siècle. … Technology Technology -- History -- 17th century. … Technology -- History -- 18th century. … United States United States -- History -- Colonial pe…