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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
This thesis (Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy, 1962) is a biography of Benjamin Franklin, including sections on his writings, family, and political involvement.
This thesis contains text written by Newton, and transcriptions of letters to and from Parrish and other documents. Contains 54 letters and 5 maps pertaining to Indian affairs in New York State, from the Vassar College collection of Parrish papers.
This thesis summarizes the opinions of James A. McMaster, editor of "Freeman's Journal," a leading Catholic weekly during the last half of the nineteenth century, on education, Irish immigration, slavery, and secession and the Civil War.