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1	Author:	Sessé y Lacasta, Martin de, 1751-1808	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Catalogo de animales y plantas Mexicanas
	Dates:	1794
	Abstract:	This volume contains a list of plant and animal specimens collected by the Royal Botanical Expedition in Mexico in 1794. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.591.972.Se7
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Natural history
	Genre:	Scientific Data
	Subjects:	Botany -- Mexico \| Scientific expeditions -- Mexico \| Zoology -- Mexico

2	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.

3	Author:	Anonymous	Requires 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. View finding aid for a full description
	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

4	Author:	Taylor, Robert Eveleigh.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	An inaugural disputation, concerning the varieties of the human race, July 1800, 1830
	Dates:	1830
	Abstract:	This volume contains a manuscript copy of John Taylor's dissertation titled "An inaugural disputation, concerning the varieties of the human race." Taylor delivered this lecture at the University of Edinburgh in July 1800 to fulfill one of the requirements for a medical degree. The essay touches on many of the prominent theories about racial differences then circulating in the Atlantic World. Taylor, for instance, discusses the influence of climate on the different races and how geography affects the health. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.572.2.T2li.b
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	African American \| Beyond Early America \| Medicine
	Genre:	Dissertations \| Educational Material \| Manuscript Essays \| Scientific Data
	Subjects:	Blacks. \| Race.