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colton

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on: Jul 4, 2018
How did John Harrison and Joseph Banks contribute to the use of practical science by the late eighteenth century?
 
  a. They pioneered translating the scientific outlook into real-world applications.
  b. They made Greenwich, and thus Britain, the center of the world.
  c. Banks developed Kew Gardens as the world center of botany.
  d. Their science supported the increasing power of Britain.
  e. All of these

Question 2

When did Bolvar first go to Europe?
 
  a. 1799
  b. 1812
  c. 1824
  d. 1850
  e. 1875


Anna

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Reply #1 on: Jul 4, 2018
Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

a


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