Politics, Science and Government Mapping in the United States, 1800 to 1925University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1985 - 248 pages |
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... Commission : We are not fomenting science . We are doing practical work for practical purposes.45 Subsequently in 1886 , Simon Newcomb , Director of the National Observatory , sarcastically commented that Congress was always ready to ...
... Commission : We are not fomenting science . We are doing practical work for practical purposes.45 Subsequently in 1886 , Simon Newcomb , Director of the National Observatory , sarcastically commented that Congress was always ready to ...
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... commission in 1884 , known by the name of its chairman , Senator William B. Allison , to investigate the state of the Federal scientific agencies . 54 There were two undercurrents to the investigation , undercurrents which reflected the ...
... commission in 1884 , known by the name of its chairman , Senator William B. Allison , to investigate the state of the Federal scientific agencies . 54 There were two undercurrents to the investigation , undercurrents which reflected the ...
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... commission supported Powell's view , taking his theory of the economics of scientific knowledge as being more legitimate than Agassiz ' laissez - faire attitude . 57 There was , however , a Democratic minority in Congress which took an ...
... commission supported Powell's view , taking his theory of the economics of scientific knowledge as being more legitimate than Agassiz ' laissez - faire attitude . 57 There was , however , a Democratic minority in Congress which took an ...
Contents
would like to thank my advisor Professor David Woodward | 10 |
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1 Numbers of State Geological Surveys | 82 |
Common terms and phrases
Academy of Sciences ACIR Allison Commission American Science appropriations Benjamin Peirce Boutelle Civil Coast and Geodetic Coast Survey Coast Survey personnel Congress Congressional Contemporary Federalism cooperative federalism Daniels Davies dual federalism Dupree economic Elazar Federal Government Federal Power Federal science Federal Surveying fiscal funding geodesy Geodetic Survey Geographical geologists Government Printing Office Growth of Federal Hampshire Hassler History Hunter Dupree idem Jersey Kevles Land Office Lapham Papers legislatures levels of government mapping activities mapping agencies mapping organizations Minerals and Lands National Academy National Mapping Policy nineteenth century North American Datum note 12 note 25 note 30 Ordnance Survey Pennsylvania Physicists primary triangulation Prof Public Domain Pure Science Ideal Rabbitt Science in America Science in Federal Science in Society scientists Statutes at Large systematic survey topographic mapping topographical survey triangulation U.S. Geological Survey United University Press USCGS Annual Report USCGS Expenditures Washington Washington D.C. Wheeler Survey Wisconsin