Charles F. Winslow
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Books
Cosmography, or the Philosophical View of the Universe (1853)
Preparation of the Earth for Intellectual Races (a transcription of a lecture to the California Assembly) (1854)
The Cooling Globe (1865)
Forces of Nature: Attraction and Repulsion (1869)[1]<templatestyles src="Botanist/styles.css"/>
References
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Sources
- Winslow Family Papers, collection 166, Nantucket Historical Association, Research Library and Archives
- Biography of Charles Frederick Winslow [1]
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External links
- Charles F. Winslow's grave marker, Newtown Cemetery, NantucketScript error: No such module "Unsubst". from the Nantucket Historical Association Cemetery Inscription Database
- The Intriguing Seamen's Hospital, p. 122–125