MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Title:
Dates:
1821
Abstract:
This volume contains "solutions of the practical problems in [John] Gummere's astronomy."
Call #:
Mss.520.As83
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
Subject
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1775-1853
Abstract:
Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854, APS 1809) was a professor of chemistry and natural philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania (1812-1828) and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Virginia (1828-1835). He was director of the U.S. Mint from 1835 to 1851. His father, Robert Patterson, was a revolutionary soldier, professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania (1779-1814), and director of the U.S. Mint (1805-1824).
Call #:
Mss.B.P274
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Algebra. | Americans Abroad | Annuities. | Astronomy. | Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Canals. | Clocks and watches. | Coal. | Early National Politics | Education | Educational Material | Electricity. | Freeman, Thomas,d. 1821. | General Correspondence | Gummere, John, 1784-1845 | Institutional Records | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Lectures. | Magnetism. | Mathematics. | Meteorology -- Observations. | Military History | Native America | Navigation (Astronautics) | Notebooks | Optics. | Patterson, Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 | Pemberton, Phineas | Physics. | Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 | Political Correspondence | Quarries and quarrying -- Pennsylvania. | Science and technology | Sergeant, John, 1779-1852 | Sound. | Time clocks. | Travel Narratives and Journals | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. | United States Mint. | University of Pennsylvania. | University of Virginia. | War of 1812
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