Politics, Science and Government Mapping in the United States, 1800 to 1925University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1985 - 248 pages |
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... , the Coast Survey practised mathematics , physics and astronomy , while the Geological Survey was , understandably , concerned with theoretical as well as practical : 1 Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce , was 11.
... , the Coast Survey practised mathematics , physics and astronomy , while the Geological Survey was , understandably , concerned with theoretical as well as practical : 1 Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce , was 11.
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... practical applications . In 1948 , Richard Shryock stated that Americans as a whole were " indifferent " to basic research.22 This viewpoint persisted until the 1960s when it was finally dismissed as an unfounded and untenable assertion ...
... practical applications . In 1948 , Richard Shryock stated that Americans as a whole were " indifferent " to basic research.22 This viewpoint persisted until the 1960s when it was finally dismissed as an unfounded and untenable assertion ...
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... practical work for practical purposes.45 Subsequently in 1886 , Simon Newcomb , Director of the National Observatory , sarcastically commented that Congress was always ready to spend money on science in a " lavish way , " so long as it ...
... practical work for practical purposes.45 Subsequently in 1886 , Simon Newcomb , Director of the National Observatory , sarcastically commented that Congress was always ready to spend money on science in a " lavish way , " so long as it ...
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