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MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
Circa 1940s
Abstract:  

The photographs of the "Codex Marcianus" were collected by Kaufmann for his research on a book about Filarete.
Call #:  
Mss.B.F482
Extent:
1 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1953
Abstract:  

This dissertation deals with only the first forty-three years of Clark's life.
Call #:  
Mss.Film.1075
Extent:
1 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1965
Abstract:  

This dissertation reveals how Joseph Henry's teaching related to his research, and how it reflected his overall scientific outlook and affected developments in physics.
Call #:  
Mss.Film.1241.Reel5
Extent:
1 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1944
Abstract:  

This dissertation is a biography of Thomas Hutchins, the military engineer, map-maker, and "Geographer of the United States."
Call #:  
Mss.Film.398
Extent:
1 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1963
Abstract:  

This paper is a biographical sketch of Edward Duffield, an eighteenth-century Philadelphia clockmaker, who was a friend of Benjamin Franklin. Also included is a catalog of clocks made by Duffield, and photocopies of pictures of clocks.
Call #:  
Mss.B.D865
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1963
Abstract:  

This dissertation covers the time period from David Hall's arrival in Philadelphia as Franklin's employee and business partner, to Hall's purchase of Franklin's share of the printing business and later career. Kany shows that Franklin's printing reputation was enhanced by the work of David Hall.
Call #:  
Mss.B.H142.k
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1860
Abstract:  

This is a sketch of the life of William Henry, who, in 1763, was the first person in America to experiment with steamboats.
Call #:  
Mss.B.H391
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1967
Abstract:  

These two papers were written by Arthur H. Frazier and are entitled, "Joseph Saxton's first sojourn at Philadelphia, 1818 to 1831, and his contributions to the Independence Hall clock" (57 p., n.d.), and "Joseph Saxton and his electrical devices" (77 p., 1967).
Call #:  
Mss.B.Sa93f
Extent:
2 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1952
Abstract:  

This dissertation describes Pratt as the first English novelist to introduce the theme of the American Revolution as material for fiction, and mentions that Pratt, using the name Courtney Melmoth, met Benjamin Franklin in Paris.
Call #:  
Mss.Film.1067
Extent:
1 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1965
Abstract:  

This dissertation discusses Nathaniel Chapman's participation in and influence on the medical profession in Philadelphia.
Call #:  
Mss.Film.1241.Reel3
Extent:
1 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1927
Abstract:  

This dissertation traces Hans Driesch's development from a biologist to a philosopher.
Call #:  
Mss.Film.655.no. 16
Extent:
1 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1770-1772
Abstract:  

This volume is the fifth part of a life of Jesus from Passion Week to Ascension, compiled from Gospel sources and translated from the German into the Delaware Indian language by Roth, who was a Moravian missionary at Sheshequim on the Susquehanna River. The manuscript was discovered in the house of Roth's son, Rev. John Rhodes, in 1831. Fly-leaf title: "Ein versuch, etc. The History of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ from Passion Week to his Ascension to Heaven. Translated into the Unami Dialect of the Delaware Language in the years 1770 and 1772 at Tschektschequamink on the Susquehannah ... Translated by Mr. Rhodes."
Call #:  
Mss.232.9.R74
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1962
Abstract:  

This thesis (Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy, 1962) is a biography of Benjamin Franklin, including sections on his writings, family, and political involvement.
Call #:  
Mss.B.F85.p
Extent:
1 volume(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
Circa 1946-1962
Abstract:  

David Hosack (1769-1835, APS 1810) was a physician and botanist active in medical education, as well as cultural life of New York City. Hosack founded Elgin Botanic Gardens, the first botanical gardens in America, co-founded the New York Historical Society and the short-lived Rutgers Medical School in New York City.
Call #:  
Mss.B.H78
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1950
Abstract:  

This dissertation is a biography of William Sherard, the man whose bequest to Oxford established the Sherardian Chair of botany.
Call #:  
Mss.Film.1068
Extent:
1 microfilm_reel(s)



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

Dates:
1932
Abstract:  

This paper contains biographical accounts of Joseph Hiester, Frederick A. Muhlenberg, and Andrew Gregg, and includes genealogical tables.
Call #:  
Mss.Film.481
Extent:
1 microfilm_reel(s)



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