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American colonial scientists who published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

Our knowledge of the subsequent course of science clouds analysis of historical scientific activity. We know which lines of investigation stimulated further research and which sank into oblivion. Hindsight allows us to marvel at the brilliance of one scientist and chuckle at the naivety of another with an assurance that was not available to contemporaries. The present study of American colonial science just prior to the American Revolution attempts to avoid this type of bias with a two step method. The first step analyses all communications written by Americans and published in the leading scientific periodical, the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. These publications are classified and compared to the contributions of scientists who were not Americans. The second step collects the American authors of these papers, defines them as publishing scientists, and examines some characteristics of their personal and professional lives.