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The Mathematician, The Historian, And The History Of Mathematics, Judith V. Grabiner Nov 1975

The Mathematician, The Historian, And The History Of Mathematics, Judith V. Grabiner

Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research

The historian's basic questions, whether he is a historian of mathematics or of political institutions, are: what was the past like? and how did the present come to be? The second question --how did the present come to be?-- is the central one in the history of mathematics, whether done by historian or mathematician. But the historian's view of both past and present is quite different from that of the mathematician. The historian is interested in the past in its full richness, and sees any present fact as conditioned by a complex chain of causes in an almost unlimited past. …


The Navigational History Of Bear River: Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, C. Gregory Crampton, Steven K. Madsen Jan 1975

The Navigational History Of Bear River: Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, C. Gregory Crampton, Steven K. Madsen

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The Baker Ranch: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: A History, Lenard E. Brown Jan 1970

The Baker Ranch: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: A History, Lenard E. Brown

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Combustion Analysis; Estimation Of Carbon & Hydrogen, Clifford Brewster Morrison Jan 1899

Combustion Analysis; Estimation Of Carbon & Hydrogen, Clifford Brewster Morrison

Student and Lippitt Prize essays

Documents the methods of composition analysis by Antoine Lavoisier the 18th century and the adoption and refinement of this method by Theodore V. Saussure and others in the 19th century to combustion analysis. Includes plates of measurement equipment used.


Determination Of Atmospheric Constituents, Ralph Ordway Brooks Jan 1899

Determination Of Atmospheric Constituents, Ralph Ordway Brooks

Student and Lippitt Prize essays

Discusses the elements of the atmosphere and its researchers, including, but not limited to, Black, Priestley, Scheele, Canvendish and Lavoisier.


Abnormal Vapor Densities, Minnie Elizabeth Rice Jan 1899

Abnormal Vapor Densities, Minnie Elizabeth Rice

Student and Lippitt Prize essays

This essay questions Italian chemist Avogadro’s hypothesis about vapor densities, ultimately coming to the conclusion that Avogadro’s law is open to objection.