
Chemistry in 17th-Century New England
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Gary Patterson is Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Chair of its Heritage Council. He was educated at Harvey Mudd College (B.S. Chemistry, 1968) and Stanford University (Ph.D. Physical Chemistry 1972). He was a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1972-1984. He was Professor of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University from 1984-2018. He was the Charles Price Fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in 2004-2005. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Physical Society. Professor Patterson is the Historian of the Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.
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Introduction.- The Puritan Mind in the 17th Century.- The Errand into the Wilderness.- John Winthrop, Jr.: The Making of an Adept.- Ipswich: Founding a Town in New England.- Return to England (1641) and the New England Ironworks.- New London and the Alchemical Plantation.- Obtaining the Charter for Connecticut and Election to the Royal Society of London.- The Winthrop Circle in New England.- Harvard College and 17th Century Chemistry.- Conclusions and Reflections.