TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spanagel,David I.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: geology and power in early New York 
SN  - 9781421411057
AV  - Q143.E3 S65 2014
U1  - 557.47092/2B 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - The Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Clinton, DeWitt,
KW  - Eaton, Amos,
KW  - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
KW  - History
KW  - Politicians
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - Biography
KW  - Scientists
KW  - Geology
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - 19th century
KW  - United States
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421411057/
ER  -