The American Philosophical Society and the American Revolution, 1965.
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American Philosophical Society
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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...
Klein, Randolph Shipley
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Randolph Shipley Klein is a historian in colonial and revolutionary America. From the description of The American Philosophical Society and the American Revolution, 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465783 Randolph Shipley Klein is a historian in colonial and revolutionary American history. From the guide to the The American Philosophical Society and the American Revolution, 1965, 1965, (American Philosophical Society) ...