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1	Author:	Accademia delle scienze di Torino	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Accademia delle scienze di Torino correspondence with Philadelphia institutions, 1824-1912
	Dates:	1824-1912
	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.574
	Extent:	1 microfilm_reel(s)
	Genre:	Microfilm Collection
	Subjects:	Learned institutions and societies. \| Science -- Societies, etc.

2	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. View finding aid for a full description
	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.

3	Author:	Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte letters, 1825-1857
	Dates:	1825-1857
	Abstract:	The Charles Lucien Bonaparte collection is noteworthy for its ornithological content and for the exchanges with William Cooper, a fellow ornithologist who had a large collection of bird specimens. The majority of the correspondence surrounds Bonaparte's American Ornithology. The letters are all from Bonaparte to Cooper. Their content shows Cooper to be an engaged and active ornithologist who provided Bonaparte with critical advice on his proofs. Copper founded the Lyceum of Natural History in New York and studied zoology in Europe. He is credited with helping edit Bonaparte's last two works. Bonaparte, for his part, repaid his friend by naming a new species of hawk Cooper's Hawk. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.B642.1.7
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Natural history \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Learned institutions and societies. \| Ornithology. \| Science -- Societies, etc.

4	Author:	Académie des sciences (France)	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Selections from the Procès-verbaux, 1758-1789
	Dates:	1758-1789
	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.1367
	Extent:	1 microfilm_reel(s)
	Genre:	Microfilm Collection
	Subjects:	Astronomy -- 18th century \| Learned institutions and societies. \| Science -- Societies, etc.

5	Author:	Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de, 1743-1794	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sur l'utilité des académies, 1785
	Dates:	1785
	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.506.C75
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Beyond Early America
	Subjects:	Learned institutions and societies -- Spain. \| Learned institutions and societies. \| Science -- Spain -- Societies, etc.

6	Author:	Stauffer, Jacob,b. 1808.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Jacob Stauffer Papers, 1844-1879
	Dates:	1844-1879
	Abstract:	The Jacob Stauffer Collection contains correspondence about science and scientific institutions in the United States. Only one letter dates to before the 1850s (1844). View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.St15
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Science and technology
	Genre:	Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Botany. \| Learned institutions and societies. \| Natural history. \| Paleontology. \| Zoology.