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A History of Universalism: Conceptions of the Internationality of Science from the Enlightenment to the Cold War
That science is fundamentally universal has been proclaimed innumerable times. But the precise geographical meaning of this universality has changed historically. This article examines conceptions of scientific internationalism from the Enlightenment to the Cold War, and their varying relations to cosmopolitanism, nationalism, socialism, and 'the West'. These views are confronted with recent tendencies to cast science as a uniquely European product
Smith\u27s New Geography : containing map questions interspersed with such facts as an observing tourist would notice, which are followed by a concise text and explanatory notes : based on a combination of the analytical, synthetical and comparative systems, designed to be simple and concise, but not dry, philosophical, yet practical : for the use of common schools in the United States and Canada by Roswell C. Smith
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Texas.
A map of Texas from 1852 with county boundaries marked. Many Texas cities and landmarks appear on the map as well
United States, southeastern 1835
Longitude west from Washington. In: Smith, R.C. Smith's atlas ..., 1835.Color;1:3,300,00
Arithmetic on the productive system; accompanied by a key and cubical blocks. By Roswell C. Smith.
311, [1] p. diagrs. 19 cm.At head of title: Smith's new arithmetic
Map of South America
Mapa de Sur América, de la editorial Cady and Burgess. Levantado por Roswell Chamberlain Smith en 1850 en Nueva York. Impreso a color, base de tinta negra sobre papel y con los tonos amarillo, rojo, azul y verde marcando la división política administrativa de la época. Lo acompaña la siguiente aclaración: “Ingresado de acuerdo con el Acta del Congreso del año 1847 por Cady y Burges en la Oficina del Secretario de la Corte del Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Sur Nueva York.” Presenta los territorios de Nueva Granada, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, una sola Guyana, Perú, Bolivia, Chile, el país de Buenos Aires, Paraguay, Uruguay y Patagonia. Se menciona el Océano Pacífico, el Océano Atlántico, el Mar Caribe y algunas islas entre las que sobre salen: Trinidad, Tobago, Las Margaritas, Tortuga, Curacao, Fernando de Noronha, las Maldivas , el archipiélago de Chiloé, el archipiélago Juan Fernández, San Felix, Islas Lobos de Afuera y la Isla de Coiba.""
Se mencionan cifras de densidad poblacional, resaltando el nombre de las ciudades capitales. Contiene una representación simplificada de algunos accidentes geográficos, incluyendo ríos y formaciones montañosas. Bajo el título se lee la siguiente explicación: “Se añadieron figuras a las ciudades y Pueblos para marcar la población en miles, entonces, donde dice Lima 60 es 60.000; cuando aparece en ríos, su longitud está en millas.” En algunas zonas oceánicas lo acompañan anotaciones como las siguientes: “Desde Bolivia a las Islas Sandwich 6.200 millas”, “Desde Chile a Australia 7300 millas”, “Desde la Patagonia a Australia 7950 millas”, “Desde Rio de Janeiro a Cabo Buena Esperanza 3700 millas”.Longitud según el meridiano de Washington al norte y de Greenwich al sur. Escala expresada en millas.
Arithmetic on the productive system, accompanied by a key and cubical blocks. By Roswell C. Smith ...
311, [1] p. 19 cm.At head of title: Smith's new arithmetic
Arithmetic on the productive system : accompanied by a key and cubical blocks /
At head of title: Smith's new arithmetic.Mode of access: Internet
A chart exhibiting the actual and comparative size of each country, nation, or kingdom ; its population as a whole and to a square mile [cartographic material] : also the different states of society, forms of government, religion &c.
World map showing religion, government, races of men and state of society.; At foot of title: O. Pelton Engraver.; Possibly from: An atlas to accompany the productive geography / Roswell Chamberlain Smith. Philadelphia : W. Marshall, [1837], c1835.; Includes a table of distances between the chief towns or capitals of the several states also between these towns and Washington the capital of the United States.; Also available in electronic version via the Internet: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3774. Inset: Oceanica Pop. 20m
Smith's atlas of modern and ancient geography, corrected and enlarged, to accompany Smith's geography for schools, academies and families. By Roswell C. Smith. ...
68 p. incl. col. maps. 30cm