Lee B. Hotchkiss and Beverly Stern
Atwater, Edward E.
History of the City of New Haven
. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1887, chapter 23.
Interesting history.
Dana, James D.
The Four Rocks
:
with Walks and Drives about New Haven
. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse, & Taylor, 1891. Excellent maps and geological information.
Dickinson, Gordon C.
Map and Air Photography
. New York: John Wiley, 1979, pp. 134-149.
Goodstein, Madeline P.
Sci-Math
:
Module One
, Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1983.
Sci-Math
presents a method of solving rate problems. It was originally designed as a course to help high school students to better handle the math in college science courses. I’ve found this method helpful, but the concepts could be presented in a simpler, clearer manner.
Gordon, Robert B. “Hydrological Science and the Development of Water Power for Manufacturing,”
Technology and Culture
, in press. (36 pp. +).
Interesting background for understanding hydro power. Strong on Whitney Armory and the water works.
Hartley, Rachel M.
The History of Hamden
,
Connecticut
,
1786-1936
. Hamden, Conn., 1943.
Good reading and packed with information on early industries along the Mill River.
Houston, David R.
Understanding the Game of the Environment
. Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 426. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1979.
An excellent approach to conceptualizing the environment.
Hunter, Louis C.
A History of Industrial Power in the United States
, 1780-1930. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1979. Vol. I, pp. xix-xxiv.
A very thorough book. It is a detailed development of waterpower clearly written and easy to understand.
Land Use Plan
. New Haven: South Central Regional Water Authority, 1983.
A most informative book with excellent land-use maps. Book suggested by Otto Schaefer of the Water Authority.
Leopold, Luna B.
Water
,
A Primer
. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1974.
A very good introduction to hydrology.
Linsley, Ray K.
Water-Resources Engineering
. New York: McGraw-Hill Co., 1979, chapter 1.
Macaulay, David.
Mill
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1983.
A wonderful book for teachers and students. Very clear and detailed illustrations and text. It takes into account the lives of the people involved. A fictional work which parallels closely historical developments.
Melillo, Jerry M.
Ecology Primer
. West Haven, Conn.: Pendulum Press, 1975.
A basic and simplified ecology book.
Munich, Adrienne (Editor).
New Haven Outdoors
:
A Guide to the City’s Parks
. New Haven: Citizens Park Council, n.d. A good guide.
Osterweis, Rollin G.
Three Centuries of New Haven
,
1638
-
1938
. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953.
Penman, H.L. “The Water Cycle,”
Scientific American
, Vol. 223, No. 3, 1970, pp. 99-108).
Shelton, John S.
Geology Illustrated
. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1966.
Helpful and informative. A good reference book.
Shumway, Flyod and Richard Hegel (Editors).
New Haven
:
An Illustrated History
. Woodland Hills, Calif.: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1981. Sponsored by New Haven Colony Historical Society.
Every New Havener should read this book.
Smith, David Ingle and Peter Stopp.
The River Basin
. An introduction to the study of hydrology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1979.
A good introduction to the hydrologic cycle and how rivers flow. Good quantitative experiments are given that could easily be carried out by high school students.
Stebbins, Theodore E., Jr. (Editor).
The New Haven Scene
. An exhibition of paintings, water colors, and drawings. New Haven: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1970.
Tarr, Joel A.,
et al
. “Water and Wastes: A Retrospective Assessment of Wastewater Technology in the United States, 1800-1932,”
Technology and Culture
, Vol. 25, No. 2, April 1984, pp. 226263).
Interesting treatise on sewer technology.
Townshend, Doris B.
Fair Haven
:
A Journey through Time
. New Haven: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1976.
The Water We Use. South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority. Pamphlet, n.d.
Very helpful.
Wolfe, C.W.,
et al
.
Earth and Space Science
. Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1966.
A good resource and text for high school students.
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1984
. New York: Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1983.
Mrs. C. Hunt of the Eli Whitney Museum supplied an excellent article, Mill River:
Water Power and Water Supply
, on Whitney, the Armory, the dam, and the Water Company.
F. Fox W., Brooks, B., Tyrwhitt, J.
The Mill
. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976.
Beautiful photographs and clear text. Describes the functioning of wind and water mills.