From Applied to Pure Science：Midwestern Geological Surveys in the 19th Century

• 作 者: Michael D.Severs
• 出 处: History Research
• 发表日期: 2012年2期
• 关键词: 美国地质调查局 中西部地区 应用科学 项目资助 科学学会 地质学家 地球科学 出版物 Midwestern Geological Surveys Pure a

　　In June of 1847, a gentleman from the State of Mississippi wrote a letter to James Hall, the director ofthe New York Geological Survey, requesting his expertise on how the state should organize its geologicalsurvey. The letter began with the plea.