Subject| • | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
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| | • | Amputation -- Study and teaching. |
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| | • | Anatomy -- Study and teaching. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Astronomy -- Charts, diagrams, etc. |
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| | • | Balloons. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- United States. |
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| | • | Blasting, Submarine |
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| | • | Blowpipe. |
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| | • | Capital punishment. |
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| | • | Chemical apparatus |
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| | • | Chemistry |
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| | • | Chemists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
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| | • | Conic sections. |
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| | • | Cyclones. |
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| | • | Eclipses. |
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| | • | Electricity -- 19th century |
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| | • | Electricity -- Early works to 1850. |
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| | • | Entomology -- Europe. |
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| | • | Entomology -- United States. |
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| | • | Epidemics -- United States |
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| | • | Federalist Party -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Fire extinction |
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| | • | Gases. |
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| | • | Gravitation |
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| | • | Guano |
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| | • | Hospitals -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
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| | • | Hydraulics |
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| | • | Hydraulics. |
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| | • | Insects. |
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| | • | Logic -- Early work to 1800 |
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| | • | Mechanics |
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| | • | Medicine -- Study and teaching. |
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| | • | Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Mesmerism |
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| | • | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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| | • | Money |
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| | • | Natural Philosophy |
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| | • | Natural history -- United States. |
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| | • | Natural theology -- Early works to 1800 |
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| | • | Obstetrics -- Study and teaching. |
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| | • | Paper money -- United States -- 19th century |
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| | • | Pharmacology. |
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| | • | Pharmacy. |
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| | • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century |
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| | • | Physics -- Early work to 1800 |
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| | • | Physics. |
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| | • | Race, race relations, racism |
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| | • | Railroads |
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| | • | Religion and science |
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| | • | Rhetoric -- Early work to 1800 |
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| | • | Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities |
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| | • | Science -- History. |
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| | • | Science and technology |
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| | • | Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- United States -- 19th century |
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| | • | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. |
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| | • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
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| | • | Smithsonian Institution |
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| | • | Spherical astronomy. |
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| | • | Spherical trigonometry. |
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| | • | Spiritualism -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Storms |
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| | • | Technology -- History. |
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| | • | Tornadoes |
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| | • | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century |
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| | | Author: | Grew, Theophilus,d. 1759. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Tables of the sun and moon fitted to the meridian of Philadephia, [1746-1761], n.d.
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | Theophilus Grew was an astronomer, teacher, and author in Philadelphia. He provided astronomical calculations for many almanacs, including Poor Richard's. This single volume contains Grew's astronomical calculations for 1746-1761 for Philadelphia, which likely served as the basis for data used in almanacs. He was also a teacher. He ran a school before joining the early faculty in what would become the University of Pennsylvania. The volume can shed light on astronomical methods and calculations in early America, and what type of methods may have been taught to students in 1750s Philadelphia.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.524.G86t | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Education | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Scientific Data | | | | Subjects: | Astronomy -- Charts, diagrams, etc. | Eclipses. | Spherical astronomy. | |
| | Author: | Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858
| | | | Dates: | 1764-1858 | | | | Abstract: | The Robert Hare collection is a large, diverse, and rich collection. The collection contains essays, lectures, and letters to and from Robert Hare, the preeminent chemist in the United States during much of the nineteenth century. But as this collection shows, Hare was far more than a chemist. His essays and lectures touch on an array of topics, including discussions of democracy, currency, history, slavery, among others. The APS collection captures the sophistication of Hare's thought.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H22 | | | | Extent: | 3 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | African American | Antebellum Politics | Business and Skilled Trades | Early National Politics | Education | Literature, Arts, and Culture | | | | Genre: | Business Records and Accounts | Educational Material | General Correspondence | Literature | Manuscript Essays | Scientific Data | Sketchbooks | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | | Subjects: | Abolition, emancipation, freedom | American Philosophical Society | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania | Banks and banking -- United States. | Blasting, Submarine | Blowpipe. | Capital punishment. | Chemical apparatus | Chemistry | Chemists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Cyclones. | Electricity -- 19th century | Epidemics -- United States | Federalist Party -- Pennsylvania | Fire extinction | Guano | Mesmerism | Money | Paper money -- United States -- 19th century | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century | Race, race relations, racism | Railroads | Religion | Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities | Science and technology | Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- United States -- 19th century | Slavery -- Pennsylvania. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Smithsonian Institution | Spiritualism -- Pennsylvania | Storms | Tornadoes | United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century | |
| | Author: | LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John L. (John Lawrence) LeConte papers, 1812-1897
| | | | Dates: | 1812-1897 | | | | Abstract: | Summary(s) of Collection:
The John Lawrence LeConte Collection contains a vast array of material. John Lawrence LeConte, son of John Eatton LeConte, was a scientist whose interests, like his father's, were in natural history, especially entomology. Like his father, J.L. LeConte undertook many scientific expeditions, primarily to the Midwest region. He is known as the "father of American beetle study" because of his entomological work. With over 1,900 documents, the collection touches on a wide range of scientific topics and includes correspondence from many of the most prominent scientists and citizens of the day. The vast majority of the scientific discussions – indeed the vast majority of the collection in general – deals with entomology. The LeConte's were both active in many scientific institutions, many based in Philadelphia, and the history of these institutions can also be gleaned from some of their correspondence.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.L493 | | | | Extent: | 7.7 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Education | Exploration. | Medicine | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Educational Material | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Miscellaneous | Notebooks | Scientific Data | Sketchbooks | | | | Subjects: | Entomology -- Europe. | Entomology -- United States. | Hospitals -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | Insects. | Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century. | Natural history -- United States. | |
| | Author: | Stevens, John Austin, 1795-1874 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Notes, from Professor Day's Lectures, on Natural Philosophy
| | | | Dates: | 1812 | | | | Abstract: | This bound volume contains notes taken by John Austin Stevens, a student at Yale University, in 1812 during Jeremiah Day's course on Natural Philosophy. The twenty lectures touch on a wide range of subjects, including electricity, astronomy, magnetism, meteorology, and fluids.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.530.St45 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Education | Natural history | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Educational Material | Notebooks | Scientific Data | | | | Subjects: | Gravitation | Hydraulics | Mechanics | Physics -- Study and teaching -- 19th century | |
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