ANALYTIC
Title:
The Greatness of the nineteenth century
Parent:
Harvard library bulletin, v.11, no.1
Creator:
Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892-
Publication:
Cambridge, 1957.
Call #:
027 H26 V.11, NO.1
Extent:
p.[5]-20 ; octavo.
ANALYTIC
Title:
L'héritage du dix-neuvième siècle
Parent:
Jour. des économistes. ser.5, v.43
Creator:
Passy, Frédéric, 1822-1912
Publication:
Paris, 1900.
BOOK
Title:
The nineteenth century: A dialogue in Utopia
Creator:
Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939
Publication:
Grant Richards, London, 1900.
BOOK
Title:
Going to the fair: Readings in the culture of nineteenth-century exhibitions
Publication:
Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, [c1993]
Extent:
198 p. : illus., facsims., ports. ; 21 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The progress of the century
Publication:
Harper & bros, New York and London, 1901.
Extent:
IV 583 p. ; octavo.
ANALYTIC
Title:
L'influence des voies de communications au XIXe siècle
Parent:
Institut de France. Acad. des sci. mor. et polit. Séances et travaux, n.s. v.55
Creator:
Levasseur, Pierre Émile, 1828-1911
Publication:
Institut de France, Paris, 1901.
BOOK
Title:
Physics in the nineteenth century
Creator:
Purrington, Robert D.
Publication:
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J, [c1997]
Extent:
xvii, 249 p. : ill., diagrs., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The story of nineteenth-century science
Creator:
Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943
Publication:
Harper & Brothers, New York, London, 1900.
Extent:
viii p., 1 l., 474, [1] p. incl. illus., plates, ports. front. 21 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
The Survey in nineteenth-century American geology: The evolution of a form of patronage
Parent:
Minerva, v.25, no.3
Creator:
Turner, Stephen P.
Publication:
London], 1987.
Call #:
505 M665 V.25, NO.3
Extent:
p.282-330 ; 24 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The 19th century: a review of progress during the past one hundred years in the chief departments of human activity
Publication:
G. P. Putnam's sons, New York and London, 1901.
Notes:
A Group of essays by various authors.
Extent:
ix, 494 p. ; octavo.
ANALYTIC
Title:
Le XIXe siècle: l'apogée de l'expansion européenne (1815-1914)
Parent:
Histoire générale des civilisations, v.6
Publication:
Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1955.
Notes:
"Chronologie sommaire (1815-1914):" p.[553]-568. "Orientation bibliographique": p. [549]-564.
Extent:
627 p. : illus. ; octavo.
ANALYTIC
Title:
Cathedrals of science: The development of colonial natural history museums during the late nineteenth century
Parent:
History of science, v.25, part 3, no.69
Creator:
Sheets-Pyenson, Susan, 1949-
Publication:
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks], 1987.
Call #:
509 H623 V.25, PART 3, NO.69
Extent:
p.[279]-300 : tables ; 23 1/2 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
"On the connexion of the physical sciences": Classification and organization in early nineteenth-century science
Parent:
Historia scientiarium, no.41
Creator:
Shortland, Michael.
Publication:
Tokyo, 1990.
Extent:
p.[17]-36 ; 26 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The heavens on earth: Observatories and astronomy in nineteenth-century science and culture
Creators:
Aubin, David, 1967- | Bigg, Charlotte. | Sibum, Heinz Otto, 1956-
Publication:
Duke University Press, Durham [NC], 2010.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extent:
xii, 384 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The nineteenth-century world: readings from the history of mankind
Alt. Title:
Cahiers d'histoire mondiale
Creators:
Métraux, Guy S. (Guy Serge) | Crouzet, Francois, 1922- | International Commission for a History of the Scientific and Cultural Development of Mankind
Publication:
Mentor books, New York, 1963]
Notes:
"All the contributions were written especially as a documentary source for volume of the History of mankind; cultural and scientific development" and were originally published in the Journal of world development. Includes bibliographies. Reprinted from the Journal of world history.
MUSEUM OBJECT
Description:
Dimension:H:35.250in Dia:2.000in
Abstract:
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Dark wooden cane with metal tip and staghorn or bone handle. Wood is knobby throughout length. Top of cane has shaped plaque inscribed "M. Burrough."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Bust of John Vaughan
Description:
Dimension:H:26.500in W:15.000in D:9.500in
Creator:
Pettrich, Ferdinand
Abstract:
View Abstract
Life-sized, painted plaster bust of elderly, balding, thin man; figure is not draped. Bust is adhered to a plaster, cylindrical, columnar base. Plate on base: "John Vaughan/ 1755-1841." Cut in back: "John Vaughan/ original bust/ F Pettrick Aug. 1842."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Bust of Unknown Man
Description:
Dimension:H:20.000in W:16.000in D:10.500in
Abstract:
View Abstract
Smaller than life-sized terra cotta bust of a man wearing a wig and a jacket and ruffled-front shirt. Bust is painted black and mounted on a short wooden base. Tentatively identified as James Madison, serving as Giuseppe Franzoni's model for the Madison Indian peace medals. Previously identified as Benjamin Rush (1896), and Charles Thomas by William Rush (1961).
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Portrait of William P. Dewees, M.D.
Description:
Dimension:H:15.500in W:10.250in
Contributor:
Brown, M.E.D.
Abstract:
View Abstract
3/4 figure, standing, left hand on tabletop with books, inkstand, and feather quill. Figure wears shirt, cravat, short jacket, breeches, and holds rolled paper in right hand. Column and wall of paintings in rear. Under engraving: "Drawn on Stone by MED Brown from the original picture by John Neagle/Wm. P. Dewees M.D./ &c &c &c &c/ Printed by Childs & Lehman/Entered according to Act of Congress 1833 by John Neagle at the clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District of PA."
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Portrait of Nathaniel Chapman
Description:
Dimension:H:15.750in W:10.250in
Abstract:
View Abstract
3/4 figure, standing, right hand holding large book on standing upright, left hand pointed to open book on tapestry-covered table.Background with classical columns, arch, and large upholstered chair. Under image: "Engraved by T. Kelly, from the original picture painted by J. Neagle for the Hall of the Medical Institute of Philadelphia./ N. Chapman, M.D./ Professor of the Institutes & Practice of Physical & Clinical Practice in the University of Pennsylvania &c. &c. &c./ Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty one by John Neagle, in the Clerk's offfice of the District Court of the United States in & for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."