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 Author:  Delaware County Institute of Science (Delaware County, Pa.)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Delaware County Institute of Science (Delaware County, Pa.) minutes and papers, [ca. 1833]-1873     
 Dates:  Circa 1833-1873 
 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.H.S.Film.28 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Agriculture | Botany. | Horticulture. | Meteorology. | Science -- Societies, etc. 
 Author:  Dixon, JeremiahRequires cookie*
 Title:  Correspondence and accounts of the Mason and Dixon survey, 1758-1769     
 Dates:  1758-1769 
 Abstract:  The Mason and Dixon Survey Collection at the APS consists of 1.) two volumes relating to their work drawing a border between Pennsylvania and Maryland and 2.) a box of correspondence. The portion of the collection being described here consists of the correspondence. This part of the collection is a box of photostats, mostly from 1761 and 1769, that include field reports and other correspondence.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.M381 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Colonial Politics | Government Affairs | Pennsylvania History | Science and technology | Surveying and Maps 
 Genre:  General Correspondence | Maps and Surveys | Official Government Documents and Records 
 Subjects:  Meteorology. | Surveys. | Transits. 
 Author:  Fitzroy, Robert,1805-1865.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Robert Fitzroy papers, 1843-1865     
 Dates:  1843-1865 
 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.H.S.Film.20.1 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Meteorology. 
 Author:  Herschel, John F. W., Sir (John Frederick William), 1792-1871Requires cookie*
 Title:  Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, 1793-1874     
 Dates:  1793-1874 
 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.B.H435p 
 Extent:  40 item(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Earthquakes. | Meteorology. | Photography -- Early works to 1850. | Physics. | Science -- Societies, etc. | Scientific apparatus and instruments. 
 Author:  Poyntell, William,1756-1811.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Thermometrical journal, 1803     
 Dates:  1803 
 Abstract:  William Poyntell kept this thermometric journal during his voyage from England to Delaware in 1803.

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 Call #:  Mss.551.5.P86 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Science and technology 
 Genre:  Meteorological Data | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Meteorology. | Temperature measurements. 
 Author:  Royal Society (Great Britain)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Royal Society (Great Britain) letters and communications from Americans, 1662-1900     
 Dates:  1662-1900 
 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.H.S.Film.1 
 Extent:  10 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Geology. | Indians of North America | Meteorology. | Paleontology. | Potash. | Tar. 
 Author:  Williams, JonathanRequires cookie*
 Title:  Jonathan Williams selected papers, 1771-1813     
 Dates:  1771-1813 
 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.455 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Commerce. | Meteorology. | Sugar -- Manufacture and refining. 
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