Science and Society in Early America: Essays in Honor of Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 166)

by Randolph Shipley Klein and Whitfield J. Bell Jr.

These 12 essays reflect Dr. Bell's interests not only as a distinguished scholar of Benjamin Franklin & of the cultural & scientific life of early Amer., but also as Librarian & Exec. Officer of the APS. Contents: Remarks by Jonathan Rhoads; Biographical Sketch of Dr. Bell, with Selected Biblio.; Benjamin Franklin,"The Old England Man" by Esmond Wright; Frustration & Benjamin Franklin's Medical Books, by Edwin Wolf 2nd; William Byrd Reports on His...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871691663
• ISBN13: 9780871691668
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 426 Pages