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The following list of subject headings is used with the Chronology (right margin) as a guide to content. As with the Chronology itself, the list includes terms relating to disciplinary, and to organizational and social aspects of the history of science in America during the nineteenth century. In the Chronology, entries often have a combination of terms, e.g., "Organizations—Societies and Associations / Natural History" flags the founding of the Boston Society of Natural History in 1830.
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Acoustics |
| Aeronautics |
| Agriculture |
| Anatomy |
| Anthropology and Ethnology |
| Archaeology |
| Astronomy |
| Awards and Prizes |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Biology—General |
| Botany |
| Chemistry |
| Computers and Information Science |
| Conchology and Malacology |
| Disease |
| Earth Sciences—General |
| Ecology |
| Education in science |
| Electricity and Electronics |
| Embryology |
| Engineering and Applied Science |
| Entomology |
| Environment and Conservation |
| Eugenics |
| Evolution |
| Exploration and Surveying |
| Funds and Funding |
| General or Miscellaneous |
| Genetics |
| Geography and Cartography |
| Geology |
| Geophysics and Geodesy |
| Government—Federal |
| Government—State |
| Hydrology |
| Ichthyology and Pisciculture |
| Information Access |
| Instruments and Instrumentation |
| Mammalogy |
| Mathematics |
| Medicine |
| Metallurgy |
| Meteorology and Climatology |
| Microbiology and Microscopy |
| Military and War |
| Mineralogy and Crystallography |
| Mining |
| Natural History |
| Neurobiology |
| Nutrition |
| Oceanography |
| Organizations |
| Organizations—Academic |
| Organizations—Botanical Gardens |
| Organizations—Fairs and Expositions |
| Organizations—Foundations |
| Organizations—Hospitals |
| Organizations—Industry |
| Organizations—Medicine |
| Organizations–Museums |
| Organizations—Observatories |
| Organizations—Research Institutions |
| Organizations—Societies and Associations |
| Ornithology |
| Paleontology |
| Parapsychology |
| Pathology |
| Periodicals and Publishing |
| Pharmacology and Pharmacy |
| Philosophy |
| Photography |
| Physical Sciences—General |
| Physics |
| Physiology |
| Psychiatry |
| Psychology |
| Public Health |
| Religion and Theology |
| Seismology |
| Social Sciences—General |
| Sociology |
| Statistics |
| Surgery |
| Technology and Invention |
| Zoology |
| Zoology—Human |
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