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On Science And Colonialism / Roy Macleod -- The Social Context Of W.r. Hamilton's Prediction Of Conical Refraction / David Attis -- Science And Social Policy In Ireland In The Mid-nineteenth Century / James Bennett -- Science And Nationality In Edwardian Ireland / Nicholas Whyte -- James Ryan And The Problem Of Irish 'new Technology' In British Mines In The Early Nineteenth Century / Hugh Torrens -- Technical Education And The Application Of Technology In Ireland, 1800-1950 / W. Garrett Scaife -- Some Aspects Of The Evolution Of Agricultural And Technical Education In Nineteenth-century Ireland / Richard A. Jarrell -- Natural History In Modern Irish Culture / John Wilson Foster -- Twilight And Dawn For Geography In Ireland / Anne Buttimer -- Science And The Cultural Revival, 1863-1916 / Sean Lysaght. Edited By Peter J. Bowler & Nicholas Whyte. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.