02662nam 2200637 450 991078902360332120230803201844.01-4214-1105-9(CKB)3710000000088802(EBL)3318789(SSID)ssj0001133691(PQKBManifestationID)11723077(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001133691(PQKBWorkID)11157557(PQKB)10921646(MiAaPQ)EBC3318789(OCoLC)870994450(MdBmJHUP)muse32540(Au-PeEL)EBL3318789(CaPaEBR)ebr10838530(EXLCZ)99371000000008880220140225h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton geology and power in early New York /David I. SpanagelBaltimore, Maryland :The Johns Hopkins University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (285 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4214-1104-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preamble -- Introduction: Meeting place for waters and students of Earth history -- Part I. Exploring New York State -- Invitations to study the Earth's past -- Natural sciences and civic virtues -- The landlord and the ex-convict -- Part II. Engineering for a New World's geology -- Clinton's ditch -- Eaton's agricultural and geological surveys -- Empire State exports -- Part III. Entertaining deep time and the sublime -- Literary naturalists -- Kindred spirits -- Rocks, reverence, and religion -- Conclusion: Echoes of New York's embrace of the geological imperative.GeologyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryGeologyNew York (State)History19th centuryGeologyPolitical aspectsNew York (State)History19th centuryScientistsNew York (State)BiographyPoliticiansNew York (State)BiographyNew York (State)Politics and government19th centuryNew York (State)Intellectual life19th centuryGeologyHistoryGeologyHistoryGeologyPolitical aspectsHistoryScientistsPoliticians557.47092/2Spanagel David I1533901MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789023603321DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton3781055UNINA