An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century American Science Writing

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Publisher:: Anthem Press
Online publication date:: June 2012
Print publication year:: 2012
Online ISBN:: 9780857286512
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.7135/UPO9780857286512

Subjects:: History of Science, General Science

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This anthology is the first collection of primary science articles written by scientists working in America during the nineteenth century.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Part One - 1800–1846 Naturals and Naturalists
pp 1-2

Part One Introduction
pp 3-12

“A Memoir on the Discovery of Certain Bones of a Quadruped of the Clawed Kind in the Western Parts of Virginia,” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (1799)
pp 13-22

“Pileated Woodpecker,” American Ornithology; or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States (1801)
pp 23-26

“Currents,” The New American Practical Navigator (1802)
pp 27-30

“Account of a North American Quadruped, supposed to belong to the Genus Ovis, Rocky-Mountain Sheep, Ovis Montana,” Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1817)
pp 31-34

“A Monograph of North American insects, of the genus Cincindela” (excerpt) Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (1818)
pp 35-37

“On the Genus Ocythoe,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1819)
pp 37-40

“Preface,” American Entomology, or Descriptions of the Insects of North America (1824–28)
pp 40-42

“Preface” (excerpt), The Genera of North American Plants and a Catalogue of the Species, to the Year 1817 (1818)
pp 43-44

“Pileated Woodpecker,” Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada (1832)
pp 44-46

“Introduction,” Ichthyologia ohiensis, or natural history of the fishes inhabiting the river Ohio and its tributary streams (1820)
pp 47-50

“Notices of Materia Medica, or new medical properties of some American Plants,” Western Minerva or, American Annals of Knowledge and Literature (1820)
pp 50-52

“Passenger Pigeon,” Ornithological Biography (1831)
pp 53-60

“On the Production of Currents and Sparks of Electricity from Magnetism,” American Journal of Science and Arts (July 1832)
pp 61-66

“The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever” (excerpts), New England Quarterly Journal of Medicine (1843)
pp 67-72

“On the Two Storms Which Were Experienced throughout the United States, in the Month of February, 1842” (excerpt) Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (1845)
pp 73-78

Part Two - 1846–1876 Warriors
pp 79-80

Part Two Introduction
pp 81-92

“On the Fossil Horses of America,” Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1847)
pp 93-98

“A Flora and Fauna Within Living Animals” (excerpt), Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (1853)
pp 98-108

“Examination of the Radiations of Red-Hot Bodies. The Production of Light by Heat” (excerpt), American Journal of Science and Arts (1847)
pp 109-116

“Section IX: Range of the Geographical Distribution of Animals,” Essay on Classification (1857)
pp 117-123

“On the Origin of Species” (excerpt), American Journal of Science (1860)
pp 123-124

“Darwin on the Origin of Species,” Atlantic Monthly (1860)
pp 125-134

“Sequoia and Its History” (excerpt), American Naturalist (1872)
pp 134-144

“On the Origin of the Geographical Distribution of Crustacea” (excerpt), Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1856)
pp 145-153

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