Born in 1731, in Ellicott's Mills in Baltimore County, Benjamin Banneker was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science.
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We are heading south to the Alabama-Florida state line to learn about the United States boundaries and Andrew Ellicott, a prolific surveyor involved in...
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On April 23, 1923, the University of Arizona community, distinguished visitors and Andrew Ellicott Douglass, the first director of Steward...
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BATAVIA — When most hear the name Ellicott, they instantly think of Joseph, and rightly so.
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Andrew Ellicott's expedition in Georgia took a year. I left my house that morning at 7am and was home by 5pm.
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The University of Arizona is a world leader in space sciences, and home to an array of state-of-the-art telescopes. Steward Observatory, the research arm of...
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AE Douglass, a pioneer of the science, used tree rings to pinpoint a timeline of human and climate history in the Southwest. His research was groundbreaking.
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The most famous African American in colonial America is largely forgotten today, but his longest-lasting contributions are hidden in plain...
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Pearson – who became interested in radiocarbon dating after learning that the story of a volcanic eruption 3500 years ago could be found in...
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Both tree rings and similar rings in ocean coral can tell scientists about rainfall and temperatures during a single growing season.
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