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1Author:  Stevens, John Austin, 1795-1874Requires cookie*
 Title:  Notes, from Professor Day's Lectures, on Natural Philosophy     
 Dates:  1812 
 Abstract:  This bound volume contains notes taken by John Austin Stevens, a student at Yale University, in 1812 during Jeremiah Day's course on Natural Philosophy. The twenty lectures touch on a wide range of subjects, including electricity, astronomy, magnetism, meteorology, and fluids.

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 Call #:  Mss.530.St45 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Natural history | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Gravitation | Hydraulics | Mechanics | Physics -- Study and teaching -- 19th century 
2Author:  Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry DilworRequires cookie*
 Title:  Henry Dilworth Gilpin Notebook: Natural Philosophy, Mathematics     
 Dates:  ca. 1819 
 Abstract:  This is a notebook kept by Henry Gilpin at the University of Pennsylvania. The content is primarily notes taken during a course in Natural Philosophy. The back of the book contains some mathematical notes. Gilpin went on to become a prominent attorney in Philadelphia.

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 Call #:  Mss.500.G42 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Natural history | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Electricity | Gravity | Heat | Hydrostatics | Light | Magnetism | Mathematics -- Study and teaching | Mechanics | Motion | Physics -- Study and teaching | Pneumatics