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Bartram Barton
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William Bartram returns to Philadelphia, assisting brother John w. Garden
Bartram's Garden established
lobbying by Collinson and Benjamin Franklin in London, George III rewarded J. Bartram a pension of £50 per year as King's Botanist for N. America
Last Bartram heirs sell Garden
Control of Bartram's Garden turns over to City of Philadelphia
John Bartram Assoc. organized, oversees Garden
Benjamin Smith Barton attends College of Philly School of Medicine under Dr. Thomas Shippen
William Barton Rogers pens letter to Henry Darwin Rogers on polytechnic institute
MIT incorporated
MIT 02139
Patrick Rogers arrives in Philly, within few months a tutor at UPenn
Patrick Kerr Rogers becomes student of Drs. Benjamin Smith Barton & Benjamin Rush
Patrick Kerr Rogers marries Hannah Blythe
P.K. Rogers Doc of Medicine U Penn
Robert Rogers, father of P.K. passes, P.K goes to England for 1 yr
James Blythe, the eldest of the brothers Rog- ers, was born in Philadelphia
William Barton becomes professor of botany at the University of Pennsylvania upon death of uncle
W.B. Rogers graduates from the College of William and Mary
W.B. & Henry D. Rogers - The Laws of Structure of the more Disturbed Zones of the Earth's Crust // " wave theory " of mountain chains
Prof. Rogers married June 20, 1849, Miss Emma, daughter of Hon. James Savage, of Boston, President of the Massachu- setts Historical Society,
In 1853 Prof. Rogers esigned his professorship at Charlottesville, moved to Boston
W.B. Rogers made Inspector of Gas and Gas Meters for the State of Massachusetts
WBR resigns MIT pres
WBR retakes MIT pres
WBR resigns again
WBR chairs new American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science
WBR chairs Association of American Geologists and Naturalists in 1845
Leo Lesquereux's coal flora of Penn- sylvania, published in the report of H. D. Rogers
first mit class graduates
PK rogers writes thomas jefferson
James Blythe Rogers moves to Philly, assistant to brother Henry, state geologiist
Henry D. Rogers visits Maunch Chunk b.w.o. Reading, Pottsville
William Bartram Professor of Botany in the University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Barton first instructor in natural history & botany at College of Philadelphia > becomes UPenn following year
Ben Barton dr. at Penns. Hosp.
Benjamin Barton tries a sea voyage to help his health
Brongniart's Prodrome, and the com- mencement of the Histoire des V/g/taux Fossils, in 1828, laid the solid basis upon which the science of paleobotany
Lesquereux also worked up the coal flora in the second geological survey of Pennsylvania. The fruit of this labour was two volumes of text and an atlas, published in 1880
Stephen Hales Vegetable Staticks
stephen hales dredging tips
The Botanic Garden by Erasmus Darwin
discovery of microbes?
The Botanic Garden (1791) - Erasmus Darwin
WB Rogers last words Bituminous Coal
William Penn peace treaty w/ Lenape Turtle Clan,
128 bituminous MIT150
Montgolfier coal gas balloons
Stephen Hales coal gas - 158 grains
Massachusetts outlawed slavery in the early 1780s
Philly streetlighting by Oil - B.Franklin
On the Origin of Species
John Marshall reps. College of William & Mary in early corporoate personhood case, Virginia
Corporate personhood Dartmouth case
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts v. Town of Pawlet (1823),
Santa Clara vs Southern Pacific
1888 Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining Co. v. Pennsylvania
TAMAQUA SEWAGE SLUDGE ORDINACE - RIGHTS OF NATURE
Lovelock, J.E.; Margulis, L. (1974). "Atmospheric homeostasis by and for the biosphere: the Gaia hypothesis".
MIT first classes offerred
14th Amendment - Reconstructio
US gaslighting exp. Philadelphia
Natural gas seeping from springs, WV
Schulykill canals widened -230tons
Penn Rail connects Pittsburgh and Philly, later adds NYC, Chicago
Schuylkill Navigation damaged by flood
only 145k ton of cargo thru Schu Nav, coal silt deposits make parts almost unusable
Navigation above port clinton abandoned
Anthracite traffic had almost completely ceased
Only occasional cargo between Port Clinton & Philly
Fairmont waterworks ceases operation
Watering Committee - Benjamin Latrobe - Steam engines pump water from schuylkill to water supply tanks
Fortune Magazine article, RB Fuller uses term 'energy slave'
Nine Chains to the Moon - RB Fuller
New event
Cosmic Costing Pt 1
Watt Steam Engine
Joule publishes Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
Heat generated by boring cannon - Ben Thomaspon
Conservation of Energy
Heat and work equivalent - von Mayer following year, formulated by Joule independ.
2000 BC to 2000 AD energy timeline
Phlogiston theory - Johann Becher
Nitrogen discovered
1780s Lavoisier experiments end phlogiston
caloric theory - subtle fluid caloric as the substance of heat (frigoric)
rumford's boring cannon disproves caloric theory
Elements in order discovered timeline
Mumford - Technics & Civilization
Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy, 2006
Should trees have standing?
Rights of Nature: history of environmental ethics
The Origin, Differentiation and Role of Rights i
Wild Law
Knox Mine disaster - ends NE PA anthracite mining
Centralia mine fire
Carbon County founded
Schuylkill county founded
Periods
Elements of Botany - Benjamin Smith Barton + William Bartram illustrates
William Bartram, 3rd son of John
John Bartram
John Bartram, Jr., 4th son of John
Ben Franklin
Benjamin Smith Barton, son of Rev. Thomas Barton
William Barton, designer of US Seal, son of Rev. Thomas Barton
William P.C. Barton, botanical illustrator, son of William, nephew of Benjamin
Rev. Thomas Barton
William Barton Rogers, son of Patrick Kerr Rogers
Patrick Kerr Rogers, son of Robert and Sarah Kerr
Robert Rogers, father of P.K. Rogers
James Blythe, eldest of the Brothers Rogers born
Robert Rogers of Edergole
W.B. Rogers professor at Williams and Mary College
W.B.R. geologic survey
Robert Empie Rogers
Henry Darwin Rogers, WBR brother #3
Ben Barton studies in London
Charles Darwin
Stephen Hales
Joseph Priestley
Lavoisier
Leo Lesquereux 1806-1889 - Jstor
William Penn (14 October 1644 – 30 July 1718)
Beaver Wars / French and Iroquois Wars (1642-1698)
microscopic organisms, 1665-83
Rogers have slaves (2-6) in VA
Schuylkill Navigation built
Reading Railroad opens, carries more coal
Price-fixing railroad coal
Navigation leased waterway to Reading Railroad for 110 years
Most canals filled during efforts to remove coal silt
Fairmont Waterworks designed and built
Fairmont Dam - pump and turbine switch
Buckminster Fuller
James Watt
James Prescott Joule
American Civil War
William Thomson Kelvin
Herman von Helmholtz
