The scientific expansion from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries : proceedings of the symposium in honor of the reopening of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, and the Smithsonian Libraries' Resident Scholar ProgramVekerdy, Lillaeditor.Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Pressissuing body.textbibliographyconference publicationConference papers and proceedings.History.Conference papers and proceedings.dcu2015monographiceng

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xi, 87 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.Preface / Nancy E. GwinnScientific Expansions in the Seventeenth through Nineteenth Centuries -- Romantic Science: In writing the Age of Wonder / Richard Holmes -- Learned Societies and the Birth of American Science / Marc Rothenberg -- Agents of Exchange: Origins of Scholarly Communication in Nineteenth Century America / Nancy E. GwinnThe Dibner Library as Scholarly Resource -- The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology / Lilla Vekerdy -- The History of the Resident Scholar Programs at the Smithsonian Libraries / Lilla Vekerdy -- Sharing Mathematical Treasures from the Dibner Library / Peggy Aldrich Kidwell -- Bern Dibner's Way of Collecting and it's Importance for Scholars / Pamela O. Long -- Utilizing Dibner Resources at the National Air Space Museum / David DeVorkin -- The Case of the "Forgotten" Telescope / Steven C. Turneredited by Lilla Vekerdy."Convened at the Smithsonian Libraries on March 4-5, 2010."Shipping list no.: 2016-0048-P.Includes bibliographical references and index.Dibner Library. 1600 - 1899 fast ScienceHistory17th centuryCongressesScienceHistory18th centuryCongressesScienceHistory19th centuryCongressesTechnologyHistory17th centuryCongressesTechnologyHistory18th centuryCongressesTechnologyHistory19th centuryCongressesCommunication in learning and scholarshipCongressesCommunication in learning and scholarshipScienceTechnologyQ125 .E76 2015509/03SI 1.60:EX 7SI 1.60:EX 7(OCoLC)927415289978193562383019356238342015015630https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-SI-PURL-gpo62598/pdf/GOVPUB-SI-PURL-gpo62598.pdfhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-SI-PURL-gpo62598/pdf/GOVPUB-SI-PURL-gpo62598.pdfDLC15042120250306114231.0000957850eng