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	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Algebra workbook, 1772
	Dates:	1772
	Abstract:	This algebra notebook was kept by a student at West Nottingham Academy in Maryland. The notebook contains graphs, essays on mathematical rules, and problems. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.510.AL3
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education
	Genre:	Educational Material
	Subjects:	Algebra. \| Mathematics.

	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Arithmetic workbook, [n.d.]
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This notebook is from a course in arithmetic taken during the late-18th or early-19th century, possibly from West Nottingham Academy because it is bound with an Algebra notebook from that school. This notebook contains rules and essays on decimals and various equations. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.511.Ar4
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education
	Genre:	Educational Material
	Subjects:	Arithmetic. \| Fractions. \| Geometry. \| Mathematics.

	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Notes, [n.d.], from a text on conic sections
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This slender notebook contains information on geometry. It includes rules, equations, and some graphs. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.516.2.C765
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Notebooks \| Scientific Data
	Subjects:	Conic sections. \| Mathematics.

	Author:	Boscovich, Roger Joseph, 1711-1787	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich papers, [ca. 1730-1786]
	Dates:	Circa 1730-1786
	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. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.H.S.Film.5
	Extent:	14 microfilm_reel(s)
	Genre:	Microfilm Collection
	Subjects:	Astronomy. \| Geometry. \| Hydraulic engineering. \| Hydrography. \| Mathematics. \| Mechanics \| Optics. \| Philology. \| Physics.

	Author:	Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Duhamel du Monceau/Fougeroux de Bondaroy papers, 1716-1789
	Dates:	1716-1789
	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. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.D87
	Extent:	14 Linear Feet
	Genre:	Microfilm Collection
	Subjects:	Agriculture \| Architecture \| Bones. \| Botany. \| Chemistry \| Electricity -- Early works to 1850. \| Entomology. \| Fruit trees. \| Gardens -- France. \| Mathematics. \| Metallurgy. \| Paleontology. \| Plants -- Collection and preservation. \| Poisons. \| Steam-engines -- Early works to 1850. \| Taxidermy. \| Temperature. \| Ventilation.

	Author:	Marum, M. van(Martinus van),17	Requires cookie*
	Title:	M. van (Martinus van) Marum papers, [ca. 1777-1837].
	Dates:	Circa 1777-1837
	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. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Fiche.8
	Extent:	492 microfiche_card(s)
	Genre:	Microfilm Collection
	Subjects:	Astronomy. \| Electricity. \| Mathematics.

	Author:	Minto, Walter,1753-1796.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Walter Minto papers, 1738-1796
	Dates:	1738-1796
	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. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Film.486
	Extent:	1 microfilm_reel(s)
	Genre:	Microfilm Collection
	Subjects:	Mathematics.

	Author:	Rauschardt, Felix Hannibal.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Arithmetica decimalis oder rechenkunst der geometrischen zehen theiligen ruthen, [and] Tractatus von der fortification, 1648-1649
	Dates:	1648-1649
	Abstract:	This interesting volume, supposedly found in the Bastille and transferred to Peter DuPonceau in the 19th century, contains information on mathematics and military science. The cover is ornamentally decorated in ink, some of which is colored. The text contains a section on geometry and trigonometry that includes many diagrams and calculations. The second part contains information on fortification and military sciences, some of which seems to apply the mathematics of the previous section to artillery and fortification design. The section on fortifications contains drawings and sketches of forts. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.511.R19a
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Military History \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Military Records \| Scientific Data
	Subjects:	Fortification. \| Geometry. \| Mathematics. \| Trigonometry.

	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Robert M. (Robert Maskell) Patterson papers, 1775-1853
	Dates:	1775-1853
	Abstract:	The Robert Patterson Collection contains a range of documents that touch on many different topics, although most have to do with science and engineering. The earliest documents relate to the Leiper Canal, including Rittenhouse's appraisal of it, and official documents relating to its creation. The largest portion of the documents is scientific correspondence to Robert Patterson, a member of the American Philosophical Society. Much of this correspondence is done under the cover of official APS business. Of particular note are a series of letters relating to nautical calculations that include complex equations used to determine longitude and latitude for nautical almanacs. There are also various lecture notes on natural philosophy, death, mathematics, engineering, and other subjects. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.P274
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Americans Abroad \| Early National Politics \| Education \| Military History \| Native America \| Science and technology \| War of 1812
	Genre:	Educational Material \| General Correspondence \| Institutional Records \| Notebooks \| Political Correspondence \| Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Algebra. \| Annuities. \| Astronomy. \| Canals. \| Clocks and watches. \| Coal. \| Electricity. \| Magnetism. \| Mathematics. \| Meteorology -- Observations. \| Navigation (Astronautics) \| Optics. \| Physics. \| Quarries and quarrying -- Pennsylvania. \| Sound. \| Time clocks.