Subject• | Abolition, emancipation, freedom |
(3)
| • | Abolitionists -- United States -- Attitudes |
(1)
| • | Adena culture -- West Virginia |
(1)
| • | Advance (Brig) |
(1)
| • | Africa, West -- Description and travel |
(1)
| • | African American churches -- United States |
(1)
| • | Agriculture |
(6)
| • | Agriculture -- Study and teaching -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Algebra. |
(1)
| • | American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(1)
| • | American Colonization Society |
(1)
| • | American Philosophical Society |
(2)
| • | Anatomy -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Animal magnetism. |
(2)
| • | Animals -- Habits and behavior of |
(1)
| • | Anishinaabe |
(2)
| • | Annuities. |
(1)
| • | Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Archaeology -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Architecture |
(1)
| • | Arctic Regions -- Discovery and exploration |
(1)
| • | Artifacts |
(1)
| • | Astronomy |
(1)
| • | Astronomy - Research - England |
(1)
| • | Astronomy -- 18th century |
(3)
| • | Astronomy -- Charts, diagrams, etc. |
(1)
| • | Astronomy -- Mathematics. |
(1)
| • | Astronomy -- Observations |
(1)
| • | Astronomy. |
(8)
| • | Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America |
(1)
| • | Auroras. |
(1)
| • | Aztecs. |
(1)
| • | Balloons. |
(1)
| • | Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Banks and banking -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(1)
| • | Beetles. |
(1)
| • | Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
(1)
| • | Biology, genetics, eugenics |
(1)
| • | Birds -- Migration -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Birds -- North America |
(1)
| • | Birds -- Study and teaching |
(1)
| • | Birds. |
(2)
| • | Blowpipe. |
(1)
| • | Boilers. |
(1)
| • | Botanical chemistry |
(1)
| • | Botanical gardens. |
(1)
| • | Botanists |
(1)
| • | Botany |
(2)
| • | Botany -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Botany -- England. |
(1)
| • | Botany -- Europe. |
(1)
| • | Botany -- Study and teaching -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Botany -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Botany -- Virginia |
(1)
| • | Botany. |
(7)
| • | Boundaries, State. |
(1)
| • | Bowdoin College |
(1)
| • | Breeding. |
(1)
| • | Bridges -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Bridges. |
(1)
| • | Canals -- Belgium. |
(1)
| • | Canals -- Design and construction. |
(1)
| • | Canals -- England. |
(1)
| • | Canals -- France. |
(1)
| • | Canals -- Netherlands. |
(1)
| • | Canals -- New York (State) |
(1)
| • | Canals. |
(2)
| • | Chemistry |
(4)
| • | Chemistry -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Chemistry -- Experiments. |
(1)
| • | Chemistry -- Study and teaching -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Chemistry -- Sweden -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Cherokee Indians |
(2)
| • | Cherokee language |
(1)
| • | Chocolate |
(1)
| • | Choctaw Indians |
(2)
| • | Cholic Acid |
(1)
| • | Church buildings -- Pennsylvania-Philadelphia |
(1)
| • | Cicada (Genus) |
(1)
| • | Clocks and watches. |
(1)
| • | Coal. |
(1)
| • | Coffee |
(1)
| • | Coinage. |
(1)
| • | Colonization, repatriation |
(1)
| • | Columbidia |
(1)
| • | Comets -- Observations. |
(1)
| • | Commerce. |
(1)
| • | Communicable diseases. |
(1)
| • | Compass. |
(1)
| • | Conception -- Early works to 1800 |
(1)
| • | Cooper Union |
(1)
| • | Copernican system |
(1)
| • | Cosmography. |
(1)
| • | Cuckoos |
(1)
| • | Culture, community, organizations |
(2)
| • | Daguerreotypes |
(1)
| • | Death |
(1)
| • | Delaware Indians |
(1)
| • | Diagnosis. |
(1)
| • | Dictionary of the English language. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 |
(1)
| • | Dinosaurs -- New Jersey |
(1)
| • | Diplomacy. |
(1)
| • | Diptera. |
(1)
| • | Diseases |
(2)
| • | Dove |
(1)
| • | Dueling. |
(1)
| • | Dysentery. |
(1)
| • | Earth sciences. |
(1)
| • | Earthquakes -- Early works to 1800 |
(1)
| • | Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(1)
| • | Eastern Woodlands Indians |
(1)
| • | Eclipses. |
(3)
| • | Education |
(3)
| • | Education -- Europe -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Education -- United States. |
(2)
| • | Electricity |
(3)
| • | Electricity - Experiments |
(1)
| • | Electricity -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 |
(1)
| • | Electricity -- Early works to 1850. |
(2)
| • | Electricity -- Experiments |
(1)
| • | Electricity -- Experiments. |
(1)
| • | Electricity. |
(2)
| • | Electrophysiology. |
(1)
| • | Engineers -- New York (State) |
(1)
| • | English language -- Dictionaries |
(1)
| • | Entomology -- Europe. |
(1)
| • | Entomology -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Entomology. |
(2)
| • | Ether |
(1)
| • | Ethnobotany |
(1)
| • | Famines -- Ireland |
(1)
| • | Fever. |
(1)
| • | Finance. |
(1)
| • | Fishes -- Jamaica |
(1)
| • | Fishes -- Research. |
(1)
| • | Flies. |
(1)
| • | Forests and forestry -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Formations (Geology) |
(1)
| • | Fortification. |
(1)
| • | Fossil fuels -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Fossils -- Collection and preservation. |
(1)
| • | France -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815 |
(1)
| • | Freemasons -- New York (State) |
(1)
| • | Freemasons -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Frogs -- United States |
(1)
| • | Frost -- Great Britain |
(1)
| • | Gardening -- England. |
(1)
| • | Gardens -- England. |
(1)
| • | Gases. |
(1)
| • | Geese |
(1)
| • | Genealogies |
(1)
| • | Geodesy |
(1)
| • | Geological Survey of Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey |
(1)
| • | Geology |
(1)
| • | Geology - Research - England |
(1)
| • | Geology -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Geology -- New York (State) -- Surveys. |
(1)
| • | Geology -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Geology -- Research -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Geology -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Geology, Structural |
(1)
| • | Geology. |
(4)
| • | Geomagnetism |
(1)
| • | Geometry. |
(1)
| • | Girard College |
(1)
| • | Gold mines and mining -- California -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Gout |
(1)
| • | Gravitation |
(1)
| • | Gravity |
(1)
| • | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820 |
(1)
| • | Haida Indians |
(1)
| • | Hallowell (Me.) |
(1)
| • | Harbors -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Haviland, John, 1792-1852 |
(1)
| • | Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881 |
(1)
| • | Heat |
(1)
| • | Heatstroke |
(1)
| • | Hemiptera. |
(1)
| • | History of science and technology. |
(1)
| • | Home economics -- United States -- Accounting |
(1)
| • | Horticulture |
(1)
| • | Horticulture -- England. |
(1)
| • | Horticulture -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Hospitals -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
(1)
| • | Hydraulics |
(1)
| • | Hydraulics. |
(1)
| • | Hydrographic surveying -- Florida. |
(1)
| • | Hydrographic surveying. |
(1)
| • | Hydrostatics |
(1)
| • | Hymenoptera. |
(1)
| • | Hypnotism. |
(1)
| • | Ice on rivers, lakes, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Ichthyology -- Jamaica |
(1)
| • | Icing (Meteorology) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| • | Indians of Mexico |
(1)
| • | Indians of North America |
(2)
| • | Indians of North America -- Agriculture |
(1)
| • | Indians of North America -- Kentucky |
(1)
| • | Indians of North America -- Languages |
(2)
| • | Indians of North America -- Louisiana |
(1)
| • | Indians of North America -- Mississippi |
(1)
| • | Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast |
(1)
| • | Indians of North America -- West Virginia |
(1)
| • | Influenza -- United States |
(1)
| • | Insects. |
(3)
| • | Ireland -- Foreign relations |
(1)
| • | Irish -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| • | Iroquois Indians |
(1)
| • | Kaigana Indians |
(1)
| • | Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 |
(1)
| • | Kaskaskia Indians |
(1)
| • | Lancaster (Penn.) County Prison |
(1)
| • | Learned institutions and societies -- Saint Domingue |
(1)
| • | Learned institutions and societies. |
(3)
| • | Lepidoptera. |
(1)
| • | Light |
(1)
| • | Lighthouses |
(1)
| • | Lightning |
(1)
| • | Lightning rods |
(1)
| • | Linguistics. |
(1)
| • | Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Middle Atlantic states -- History. |
(1)
| • | Logic -- Early work to 1800 |
(1)
| • | Lotteries -- New York (State) |
(1)
| • | Louisiana Purchase -- Enclopedias. |
(1)
| • | Lyceums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| • | Machinery -- Drawings. |
(1)
| • | Magnetism |
(1)
| • | Magnetism - Experiments |
(1)
| • | Magnetism. |
(2)
| • | Magnets |
(1)
| • | Mammals -- Classification |
(1)
| • | Mandan Indians |
(1)
| • | Manufactures |
(1)
| • | Manufacturing processes -- Europe. |
(1)
| • | Manufacturing processes. |
(1)
| • | Marine biology. |
(1)
| • | Marriage. |
(1)
| • | Mastodons |
(1)
| • | Materia medica |
(1)
| • | Materia medica. |
(1)
| • | Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc. |
(1)
| • | Mathematics -- Research -- Italy. |
(1)
| • | Mathematics -- Study and teaching |
(1)
| • | Mathematics. |
(2)
| • | Mechanics |
(2)
| • | Mechanics. |
(1)
| • | Medical education -- England. |
(1)
| • | Medical publishing -- United States -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Medical publishing -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Medicinal plants |
(1)
| • | Medicine |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- England. |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- Practice -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- Practice -- France |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- Study and teaching. |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- United States -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Medicine -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Medicine. |
(3)
| • | Memorials -- Great Britain |
(1)
| • | Mercury |
(1)
| • | Mesmerism |
(2)
| • | Mesmerism. |
(1)
| • | Metallurgy |
(1)
| • | Meteorology |
(1)
| • | Meteorology - Delaware - Observations |
(1)
| • | Meteorology - New England - Observations |
(1)
| • | Meteorology - Observations |
(1)
| • | Meteorology - Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Meteorology - South America - Observations |
(1)
| • | Meteorology -- Delaware -- Observations. |
(1)
| • | Meteorology -- Italy -- Observations |
(1)
| • | Meteorology -- Observations -- Arkansas. |
(1)
| • | Meteorology -- Observations -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Meteorology -- Observations. |
(3)
| • | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg -- Observations. |
(1)
| • | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Observations. |
(1)
| • | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Observations. |
(1)
| • | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
(1)
| • | Meteorology -- United States -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Meteorology. |
(2)
| • | Meteors |
(1)
| • | Mexican War, 1846-1848 |
(1)
| • | Military topography. |
(1)
| • | Mineralogy |
(3)
| • | Mineralogy - Research - United States |
(1)
| • | Mineralogy -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Mineralogy -- France -- History -- 18th century. |
(1)
| • | Mineralogy -- Switzerland. |
(1)
| • | Mineralogy. |
(3)
| • | Minerals -- Catalogs and collections. |
(1)
| • | Minerals -- Classification. |
(1)
| • | Mines and mineral resources -- Europe. |
(1)
| • | Mines and mineral resources -- Pennsylvania -- Phoenixville. |
(1)
| • | Mining engineers. |
(1)
| • | Mollusks. |
(2)
| • | Monk, Maria, d. 1850 |
(1)
| • | Motion |
(1)
| • | Mound builders |
(1)
| • | Museums -- History. |
(1)
| • | Myriapoda. |
(1)
| • | National Academy of Sciences |
(1)
| • | Natural history |
(1)
| • | Natural history -- 18th century |
(3)
| • | Natural history -- 19th century |
(2)
| • | Natural history -- Maine. |
(1)
| • | Natural history -- North America |
(1)
| • | Natural history -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Natural history museums -- Massachusetts. |
(1)
| • | Natural history. |
(18)
| • | Natural theology -- Early works to 1800 |
(1)
| • | Naturalist |
(1)
| • | Naturalists. |
(2)
| • | Navigation (Astronautics) |
(1)
| • | Navigation. |
(1)
| • | New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | New York Prison Association |
(1)
| • | Notes |
(1)
| • | Observatoire de Paris |
(1)
| • | Occultism -- Early works to 1900 |
(1)
| • | Oceanography. |
(1)
| • | Ogden Land Company |
(1)
| • | Ojibwa Indians |
(1)
| • | Ojibwe people |
(1)
| • | Optics. |
(1)
| • | Ornithologist |
(1)
| • | Ornithologists. |
(1)
| • | Ornithology -- North America |
(1)
| • | Ornithology. |
(2)
| • | Osage Indians |
(1)
| • | Osage language |
(1)
| • | Ottawa Indians |
(1)
| • | Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 |
(1)
| • | Paleobotany -- Germany -- Aachen. |
(1)
| • | Paleobotany -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island. |
(1)
| • | Paleobotany -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Paleontology |
(1)
| • | Paleontology -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Paleontology -- North America. |
(1)
| • | Paleontology. |
(4)
| • | Partridges |
(1)
| • | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 -- Art collections. |
(1)
| • | Pendulum |
(1)
| • | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Pharmacology. |
(1)
| • | Pharmacy. |
(1)
| • | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs |
(1)
| • | Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Philadelphia Society For Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons |
(1)
| • | Phlogiston |
(1)
| • | Phlogiston. |
(1)
| • | Phosphorescence |
(1)
| • | Physicians |
(1)
| • | Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
(1)
| • | Physics |
(2)
| • | Physics -- Early work to 1800 |
(1)
| • | Physics -- Early works to 1800 |
(1)
| • | Physics -- Ireland -- Early works to 1800 |
(1)
| • | Physics -- Research -- Italy. |
(1)
| • | Physics -- Study and teaching |
(1)
| • | Physics -- Study and teaching -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Physics. |
(5)
| • | Plains Indians |
(2)
| • | Planetariums. |
(1)
| • | Planets -- Observations |
(1)
| • | Plantations |
(1)
| • | Plants -- Collection and preservation. |
(1)
| • | Plants, Cultivated. |
(1)
| • | Plants. |
(1)
| • | Pneumatics |
(1)
| • | Potatoes |
(1)
| • | Prison reformers -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Prisons -- Design and construction |
(1)
| • | Prisons -- New York (State) |
(1)
| • | Prisons -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Punctuation |
(1)
| • | Quadrant. |
(1)
| • | Quakers |
(1)
| • | Quarries and quarrying -- Pennsylvania. |
(1)
| • | Race, race relations, racism |
(2)
| • | Railroads -- 19th century |
(1)
| • | Rattlesnake |
(1)
| • | Reconstruction |
(1)
| • | Reformers -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Religion |
(2)
| • | Religion and science |
(2)
| • | Religion, religious organizations |
(2)
| • | Religion. |
(1)
| • | Reptiles |
(1)
| • | Rhetoric -- Early work to 1800 |
(1)
| • | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 |
(1)
| • | Rivers -- Florida. |
(1)
| • | Roofing, Slate |
(1)
| • | Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta |
(1)
| • | Schuylkill River Bridge |
(1)
| • | Science -- History. |
(1)
| • | Science -- Societies, etc. |
(3)
| • | Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Science -- United States -- 18th century. |
(1)
| • | Science -- United States -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Science publishing. |
(1)
| • | Science. |
(1)
| • | Scientific apparatus and instruments -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Scientific apparatus and instruments. |
(2)
| • | Scientific expeditions. |
(2)
| • | Scientists -- Great Britain. |
(1)
| • | Scientists -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Sea monsters |
(1)
| • | Secession -- Southern States |
(1)
| • | Seed industry and trade -- England. |
(1)
| • | Seed industry and trade -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Seeds. |
(1)
| • | Seminole Indians |
(1)
| • | Seneca Indians |
(1)
| • | Seneca Indians -- Missions |
(1)
| • | Seneca Indians -- New York (State) |
(1)
| • | Seneca Indians -- Religion |
(1)
| • | Seneca language |
(1)
| • | Shells. |
(2)
| • | Silk industry. |
(1)
| • | Skin -- Diseases-Treatment |
(1)
| • | Slavery -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Slaves -- Emancipation-America |
(1)
| • | Slaves, slavery, slave trade |
(3)
| • | Smoking -- Health aspects -- United States |
(1)
| • | Soap trade -- Pennsylvania |
(1)
| • | Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform |
(3)
| • | Social problems. |
(1)
| • | Society of Friends -- Relations with Indians |
(1)
| • | Solar eclipses. |
(1)
| • | Sound. |
(1)
| • | Southeast Indians |
(1)
| • | Spherical astronomy. |
(1)
| • | Spherical trigonometry. |
(1)
| • | Spiders. |
(1)
| • | Stars -- Magnitudes. |
(1)
| • | Stars -- Observations. |
(1)
| • | Steam-engines. |
(2)
| • | Steam-navigation -- Atlantic Ocean |
(1)
| • | Steamboat disasters |
(1)
| • | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
(1)
| • | Sugar |
(1)
| • | Sunspots |
(1)
| • | Surgery -- United States -- 19th century. |
(1)
| • | Surveys. |
(1)
| • | Sympathy |
(1)
| • | Taxation |
(1)
| • | Tea |
(1)
| • | Technology - History |
(1)
| • | Technology -- History. |
(1)
| • | Telegraph |
(2)
| • | Telescopes |
(1)
| • | Temperance. |
(1)
| • | Temperature measurements. |
(1)
| • | Time clocks. |
(1)
| • | Titantic (Steamship) |
(1)
| • | Tonawanda Indian Reservation (N.Y.) |
(1)
| • | Tools -- Drawings. |
(1)
| • | Topographical surveying -- United States. |
(1)
| • | Transits. |
(1)
| • | Transportation. |
(1)
| • | Trigonometry. |
(1)
| • | Tsimshian Indians |
(1)
| • | Tuscarora Indians |
(1)
| • | Typhus fever. |
(1)
| • | Unitarianism |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
(1)
| • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(1)
| • | United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
(1)
| • | United States Coast Survey |
(1)
| • | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). |
(1)
| • | United States History. |
(1)
| • | University of Pennsylvania -- Faculty |
(1)
| • | Venereal disease |
(1)
| • | Wallam olum |
(1)
| • | Weather |
(1)
| • | Weather. |
(3)
| • | Weights and measures. |
(3)
| • | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1872. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. |
(1)
| • | Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 |
(1)
| • | Wilson, John Wall |
(1)
| • | World War I |
(1)
| • | World War II |
(1)
| • | Yellow fever |
(2)
| • | Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1793 |
(1)
| • | Yellow fever. |
(1)
| • | Zoological museums -- Massachusetts. |
(1)
| • | Zoology |
(1)
| • | Zoology -- 18th century |
(1)
| • | Zoology -- England. |
(1)
| • | Zoology -- Europe. |
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| | Author: | Alexander, William, 1726-1783 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Variation of the compass, 1773
| | | Dates: | 1773 | | | Abstract: | This slender volume is an essay by William Alexander, a prominent figure in New Jersey politics and business. Alexander wrote this essay with the hope that it would spur the American Philosophical Society to support the study of variations in compasses. Alexander's interest in this subject likely had to do with his background as a merchant. He realized compass variations created inefficiencies and risks for captains and the merchants that relied on them. Alexander appeals specifically to the APS's mission by stating that such a study would be "useful to mankind." Alexander's essays shows that he is conversant in many of the current theories about variations. He also proposed a plan for the APS to facilitate a systematic study of compass variations that he believed would produce a clear general law for variations in compasses.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.522.76.Al2 | | | Extent: | 1 item(s) | | | Topics: | Science and technology | Surveying and Maps | Trade | | | Genre: | Scientific Correspondence | Scientific Data | | | Subjects: | Astronomy -- 18th century | Compass. | Learned institutions and societies. | |
| Author: | Anonymous | Requires cookie* | | Title: | [Eclipses of the sun and moon, 1820-1838], n.d.
| | | Dates: | Circa 1820-1838 | | | Abstract: | This collection of astronomical calculations from 1786-1838 consists of various loose notes on eclipses and solar/lunar calculations, including information on an eclipse as witnessed in Canton and Philadelphia. The collection also has a folio size bound volume that diagrams (sometimes with color added) eclipses for the years 1818, 1820, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1829, 1838, as observed in Philadelphia.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.521.8.Ec6 | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | Science and technology | | | Genre: | Scientific Data | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Eclipses. | |
| Author: | Baldwin, Loammi, 1780-1838 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Loammi Baldwin diary, 9 September 1823 - 29 November 1823
| | | Dates: | 1823 | | | Abstract: | The Diary of Loammi Baldwin (September 9 – November 29, 1823) chronicles a portion of Baldwin's trip to Europe where he observed European canals and other internal improvements. Baldwin was a leading civil engineer in antebellum America, and he traveled to Europe to learn about tested methods and good practices that he could bring back to America. The journal begins with Baldwin departing London for Dover and follows his trip through Holland and France. The diary contains numerous sketches of machinery, including carriages, canals, locks, boats, and steam-engine parts. There are also observations on European cities, towns, and customs. Many of the canal sketches are elaborate and detailed.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.B189 | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | Americans Abroad | Business and Skilled Trades | Engineering | International Travel | Science and technology | Travel | | | Genre: | Art | Scientific Data | Sketchbooks | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | Subjects: | Canals -- Belgium. | Canals -- Design and construction. | Canals -- England. | Canals -- France. | Canals -- Netherlands. | Technology - History | |
| Author: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection
| | | Dates: | 1783-1817 | | | Abstract: | The extensive Benjamin Smith Barton collection contains six sections: Correspondence, Bound Volumes (including notebooks), Subject Files, and Graphic Materials. The material includes numerous images, sketches, notes, printed material, and other correspondence. The collection also has numerous copper plates that were used to print images drawn by Barton. Although a collection this large touches on a variety of interesting and important subjects, the collection's strength is its wealth of data on nineteenth century medical, botanical, and Native American studies.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.B284d | | | Extent: | 10 Linear Feet | | | Topics: | Business and Skilled Trades | Education | Language and Linguistics | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Medicine | Native America | Natural history | Printing and Publishing | Science and technology | Travel | | | Genre: | Art | Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Language Material | Notebooks | Political Correspondence | Sketchbooks | Travel Narratives and Journals | | | Subjects: | Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Botanists | Botany -- Study and teaching -- 19th century | Botany -- Virginia | Chemistry -- 18th century | Cherokee Indians | Cherokee language | Choctaw Indians | Dysentery. | Electricity -- 18th century | Ethnobotany | Geology -- 18th century | Gout | Indians of North America | Indians of North America -- Agriculture | Indians of North America -- Languages | Kaigana Indians | Kaskaskia Indians | Mammals -- Classification | Mandan Indians | Mastodons | Materia medica | Medicine -- Practice -- 18th century | Medicine -- Study and teaching -- 18th century | Meteorology -- United States -- 18th century | Meteors | Mineralogy | Natural history -- 18th century | Natural history -- 19th century | Osage language | Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Physics | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Seminole Indians | Seneca Indians | Tuscarora Indians | University of Pennsylvania -- Faculty | Venereal disease | Yellow fever | Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1793 | Zoology -- 18th century | |
| Author: | Bruno, M. de | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Essai metaphysique, physique et phisiologistique relativement à la découverte de M. Mesmer, 1786
| | | Dates: | 1786 | | | Abstract: | This is a handwritten essay on Franz Mesmer and his claims to have healing and other metaphysical powers. Mesmer is today thought of as an early user of hypnosis. Throughout the 1770s and 1780s, he captivated French society. Marie Antoinette was particularly interested in his abilities. Finally, King Louis convened a scientific body in 1784 to examine the claims of Mesmer and his disciples. Benjamin Franklin, still in France as an American envoy, headed the committee, which debunked Mesmerism. The report can be found in the Papers of Benjamin Franklin and in the Diary of Benjamin Franklin Bache, both of which are at the APS.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.134.B83 | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | Medicine | Natural history | Science and technology | | | Genre: | Manuscript Essays | | | Subjects: | Animal magnetism. | Hypnotism. | Mesmerism. | |
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