| Notes: First edition. No jacket. Page ridges faintly foxed. 1950 Hard Cover. xxi, 201 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword by Samuel Eliot Morison; Preface; List of Illustrations; Introduction, The History of Science at Harvard - Note on the Government of Harvard College; Scientific Instruments at Harvard before the Fire of 1764; Instruments for the Study of Natural Philosophy after the Fire of 1764; The Beginnings of Chemistry at Harvard; The Biological Sciences, The Museum, and the Mineral Cabinet; Conclusion; Appendix I. Thomas Hollis's Gift of Philosophical Apparatus; Appendix II. The Philosophical Apparatus in 1779; Appendix III. Some Early Instruments and Specimens at Harvard University; Appendix IV. The Chemical Laboratory in 1821; Bibliograpical Note; References and Notes; Index. |