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 Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Scientific copybook, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  Circa 19th c. 
 Abstract:  This scientific copybook is like a commonplace book. It has various essays on a range of scientifc topics. The essays had been printed in various journals that were then copied in manuscript form in this notebook. Some entries note the source from which they were copied. The partially filled notebook was likely compiled sometime in the early nineteenth century.

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 Call #:  Mss.500.Cop79 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Science and technology 
 Genre:  Commonplace Book | Educational Material | Manuscript Essays | Notebooks | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Natural history. | Zoology. 
 Author:  Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859Requires cookie*
 Title:  Alexander von Humboldt miscellaneous correspondence, 1789-1859     
 Dates:  1789-1859 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.870 
 Extent:  7 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Natural history. 
 Author:  Royal Society (Great Britain)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Royal Society (Great Britain) miscellaneous correspondence and documents, [ca. 1642-1818]     
 Dates:  Circa 1642-1818 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.460 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Botany. | Electricity. | Natural history. 
 Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Reports on papers read to the Académie royale des sciences, Paris, 1746     
 Dates:  1746 
 Abstract:  This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

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 Call #:  Mss.506.44.In73p 
 Extent:  1 volume,_208_p. 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Electricity. | Geometry. | Natural history.