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v Contents VOLUME 1: COLONIAL AMERICA TO 1865 Introduction, xxi Chronology, xxvii Section 1: Colonial America and Enlightenment Science, 1 Overview, 1 American Philosophical Society, 8 Primary Document: Memorial of the American Philosophical Society Favoring an Exploration of the Alaskan Coast (1868), 10 Astronomical Almanacs, 11 Primary Document: Aphorisms from Poor Richard’s Almanack (1732–1758), 13 Banneker, Benjamin (1731–1806), 13 Primary Document: Letter of Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker, Expressing Jefferson’s Belief That Blacks Had Talents Equal to Other Races (1791), 14 Primary Document: Frontispiece of Benjamin Banneker’s Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanack and Ephemeris (1792), 15 Bifocals, 16 Primary Document: Benjamin Franklin’s Letter Describing His Invention of Bifocals (1725), 17 Bushnell, David (1740–c. 1824), 17 Primary Document: Engraving of David Bushnell’s American Turtle (1775), 18 Colden, Jane (1724–1766), 19 Daylight Saving Time, 20 Extension Arm (Long Arm), 21 Fire Safety, 21 Flexible Catheter, 22 Food Production, Native American, 23 Franklin, Benjamin (1706–1790), 25 Primary Document: Letter of Benjamin Franklin Describing His Experiments with Electricity (c. 1750), 26 Franklin Stove, 27 Primary Document: Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin’s An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places (1744), 28 Glass Harmonica (Armonica), 30 Primary Document: Excerpt of Benjamin Franklin’s Letter to Father Giambatista Beccaria Describing the Glass Harmonica (1762), 32 Glover, Elizabeth (d. 1643), 32 Godfrey, Thomas (1704–1749), 33 Iron- and Silversmithing, 34 Kentucky Long Rifle, 35