MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1834-1871
Abstract:
Principal correspondents in the lettes of John Fries Frazer include Alexander Dallas Bache, Louis Agassiz, Joseph Henry, and Titian Ramsay Peale who discuss mainly general scientific topics, although personal and family matters are discussed with Bache. Topics include the University of Pennsylvania, boiler explosions, chemistry, education, the National Academy of Sciences, the Smithsonian Institution, fossils, magnetism, solar eclipses, the American Philosophical Society, weights and measures, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, scientific instruments, the American Civil War, electricity, the United States Mint, the Franklin Institute, scientists of the period, natural history, and publications.
Call #:
Mss.B.F865
Extent:
3 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Boilers. | Education | Education -- United States. | Electricity. | Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872 | General Correspondence | Geology -- United States. | Haida Indians | Magnetism. | Natural history. | Paleontology. | Philadelphia History | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Scientists -- United States. | Solar eclipses. | Tsimshian Indians | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | United States Mint. | University of Pennsylvania. | Weights and measures.