A decade after the Forest Reserve Act, presidents Harrison, Cleveland, and McKinley had transferred approximately 50,000,000 acres (200,000 km2) into the forest reserve system. However, President Theodore Roosevelt is credited with the institutionalization of the conservation movement in the United States.
During the Hellenistic Age, Archimedes made advancements in "mathematics"--specifically in the realm of geometry, since he developed innovative ways to calculate volume, area, etc.