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1Author:  Souza Palher, Joao de.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Descripcão e uso do dynamomêtro, 1807     
 Dates:  1807-1907 
 Abstract:  This volume contains descriptions of various tools and other devices, some of which were used to measure strength; others seem to depict electrical devices. There are many detailed engravings that show how the tools worked.

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 Call #:  Mss.531.3.So8 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Language and Linguistics 
 Genre:  Foreign Language 
 Subjects:  Dynamometer. | Scientific apparatus and instruments. 
2Author:  UnidentifiedRequires cookie*
 Title:  History of the prophets     
 Dates:  Circa 1830 
 Abstract:  This volume written sometime in the early nineteenth century contains the history of the prophets. The manuscript essay is written in Malay and Arabic.

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 Call #:  Mss.224.H62 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Religion 
 Genre:  Foreign Language | Manuscript Essays 
 Subjects:  History. 
3Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Turkish Manuscripts     
 Dates:  ca. 19th century 
 Abstract:  These Turkish manuscripts reflect Stephen DuPonceau's attempt to acquire a wide-array of language materials for the APS's archives in the early 19th century

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 Call #:  Mss.494.9.T84 
 Extent:  2 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Language and Linguistics 
 Genre:  Foreign Language | Language Material 
 Subjects:  Letter-writing, Turkish | Turkey -- Politics and government | Turkish language 
4Author:  Mandrillon, Joseph,1743-1794.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Recherches philosophiques sur la découverte de l'Amérique, 1783     
 Dates:  1783 
 Abstract:  This small leather bound volume contains an essay by APS member Joseph Mandrillon. The essay discusses the discovery of America, early exploration, and colonization. It is written in French. Mandrillon was a Frenchman who became a member in 1785. This volume was also printed.

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 Call #:  Mss.973.1.M31 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | International Affairs 
 Genre:  Foreign Language | Manuscript Essays 
5Author:  Fabbroni, Giovanni Valentino Mattia, 1752-1822Requires cookie*
 Title:  Giovanni Valentino Mattia Fabbroni papers, ca. 1770s-1875     
 Dates:  Circa 1770-1875 
 Abstract:  This Collection of Giovanni Fabbroni letters contain a range of correspondence that Fabbroni carried on with fellow scientists throughout Europe. Although much of Fabbroni's travel and correspondence focused on Continental Europe, his wide-ranging correspondence can offer insight into the British Atlantic World and the flow of ideas and information within it.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.F113 
 Extent:  8 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Foreign Language | Scientific Correspondence 
 Subjects:  Agriculture | Botany. | Bridges. | Coinage. | Geology. | Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Middle Atlantic states -- History. | Machinery -- Drawings. | Manufacturing processes. | Museums -- History. | Natural history. | Tools -- Drawings. | Weights and measures. 
6Author:  Brillon de Jouy, Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt, 1744-1824Requires cookie*
 Title:  Musical compositions, late 18th century     
 Dates:  Circa 1775-1800 
 Abstract:  This collection contains a number of musical compositions by Madame Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Juoy, a prominent Parisian salon hostess and musician. Her most famous composition, Le Marche des Insurgents, which was inspired by the American victory at Saratoga, is included in this collection. Many of these compositions are handwritten and appear to be from the eighteenth century, although it is unclear when they were written and who wrote them.

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 Call #:  Mss.781.508.B762 
 Extent:  26 item(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Women's History 
 Genre:  Foreign Language | Literature | Miscellaneous 
 Subjects:  Marches. | Music - France - 18th century | Sonatas. | Songs, French. 
7Author:  Brillon de Jouy, Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt, 1744-1824Requires cookie*
 Title:  Plays, late 18th century     
 Dates:  Circa late 18th century 
 Abstract:  This collection includes a number of plays apparently written by Madame Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Juoy, a prominent Parisian salon hostess and musician. The authorship of some of the plays is not entirely clear.

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 Call #:  Mss.842.5.B76 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Women's History 
 Genre:  Foreign Language | Literature | Miscellaneous 
 Subjects:  French drama -- 18th century. | French literature -- 18th century. 
8Author:  Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844Requires cookie*
 Title:  Essai de solution du problème philologique proposé en l'année 1823 par la commission de l'Institut de France, 1823     
 Dates:  1823 
 Abstract:  The Essai de Solution ... is part of the Stephen Du Poneau Collection. The collection as a whole has a wide array of material, although it is particularly strong in of Native American language material from the nineteenth century. This essay was likely submitted for the Volney Prize in linguistics and reflects Du Ponceau's interests in language more generally.

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 Call #:  Mss.410.D92.1 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Language and Linguistics 
 Genre:  Foreign Language | Language Material | Manuscript Essays 
 Subjects:  Linguistics. | Philology. 
9Author:  Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781Requires cookie*
 Title:  Giambatista Beccaria Papers     
 Dates:  1766-1780 
 Abstract:  The Beccaria Collection consists of a folio size volume of collected letters and essays. Giovanni Battista Beccaria was a leading scientist in eighteenth century Italy. The collection includes letters Beccaria wrote to Franklin as well as drafts of essays he prepared for publication. The topics of the letters include discussions of electricity, meteorology, and astronomy.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.B385 
 Extent:  0.75 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Foreign Language | Manuscript Essays | Scientific Correspondence 
 Subjects:  Auroras. | Earthquakes -- Early works to 1800 | Electricity -- Early works to 1800 | Electricity -- Experiments | Lightning | Lightning rods | Meteorology -- Italy -- Observations | Phosphorescence | Physics -- Early works to 1800 | Scientific apparatus and instruments -- 18th century | Sunspots 
10Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Electrologia, ca. 1785     
 Dates:  Circa 1785 
 Abstract:  This Italian language notebook contains a range of information on scientific information, especially information pertaining to electrical experiments. It was likely written in the late-18th century and contains references to Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Priestley. The manuscript, likely kept by an Italian, provides insight into the transmission of knowledge in the broader Atlantic World.

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 Call #:  Mss.537.EL23 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Natural history 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Foreign Language | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Electricity -- Early works to 1850. | Electricity -- Experiments -- History. | Science and technology