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1	Author:	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. View finding aid for a full description
	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.

2	Author:	Herschel, John F. W., Sir (John Frederick William), 1792-1871	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sir John F. W.(John Frederick William) Herschel correspondence, 1793-1874
	Dates:	1793-1874
	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.H435p
	Extent:	40 item(s)
	Topics:	Beyond Early America
	Subjects:	Astronomy. \| Earthquakes. \| Meteorology. \| Photography -- Early works to 1850. \| Physics. \| Science -- Societies, etc. \| Scientific apparatus and instruments.

3	Author:	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825
	Dates:	1775-1825
	Abstract:	This is the primary collection of Thomas Jefferson Papers at the APS. The collection is rich and extensive. The collection is well-described and inventoried in MOLE. What follows below is a general summary of some of the more noteworthy pieces. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.J35
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	American Revolution \| Colony and State Specific History \| Diplomatic History \| Early National Politics \| Government Affairs \| Native America \| Natural history \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Political Correspondence
	Subjects:	Boundaries, State. \| Canals. \| Chemistry \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Linguistics. \| Louisiana Purchase -- Enclopedias. \| Plants. \| Science -- United States -- 18th century. \| Scientific apparatus and instruments. \| Seeds.

4	Author:	Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872	Requires cookie*
	Title:	John Fries Frazer papers, 1834-1871
	Dates:	1834-1871
	Abstract:	John Fries Frazer was a prominent Pennsylvania scientist in nineteenth century America, serving as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and very active in both the Franklin Institute and the APS. This large collection of his correspondence provides a snapshot of the growing scientific community in mid-nineteenth century America. Frazer's correspondence involves a wide range of topics: science and scientific institutions (shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, geology, geography, astronomy, chemistry, among others), although there are fragments of personal correspondence. His range of correspondents is as diverse as the topics, but there is a notably large collection of letters from scientific heavyweights Titian Ramsey Peale, Louis Aggasiz, Joseph Henry, and Alexander Dallas Bache. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.F865
	Extent:	3 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Education \| Philadelphia History \| Science and technology
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Boilers. \| Education -- United States. \| Electricity. \| Geology -- United States. \| Haida Indians \| Magnetism. \| Natural history. \| Paleontology. \| Scientific apparatus and instruments. \| Scientists -- United States. \| Solar eclipses. \| Tsimshian Indians \| Weights and measures.

5	Author:	Various authors	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1668-1983
	Dates:	1668-1983
	Abstract:	J. Stephen Catlett wrote of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection that "there is no other way to describe these manuscript letters, essays, and other papers that are contained presently in 49 boxes." Catlett then listed a random assortment of names of authors found in the collection. Each individual item was catalogued in the card catalogue, but his data has now been put online. Rather than try to replicate that data, this entry will focus on some of the main themes of the collection and some of the most notable documents. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.200
	Extent:	25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Colonial Politics \| Early National Politics \| Natural history
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Miscellaneous \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	Anishinaabe \| Arctic Indians \| Autopsy. \| Cayuga Indians \| Cytology. \| Egyptians \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Genetics. \| History of science and technology. \| History, Ancient. \| Inuit -- Canada \| Iroquois Indians \| Isleta Indians \| Micmac language \| Mohawk Indians \| Morgan, Thomas Hunt \| Mythology, Egyptian. \| Ojibwa Indians \| Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore \| Ojibwa language \| Ojibwe people \| Oneida Indians \| Onondaga Indians \| Ottawa language \| Penobscot Indians \| Physics -- History. \| Sacco-Vanzetti case \| Scientific apparatus and instruments. \| Seneca Indians \| Southwest Indians \| Tuscarora Indians \| Tyrrhenians \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) \| Women -- Education \| World War, 1939-1945

6	Author:	Various authors	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Broadside Collection, 1638-1980
	Dates:	1638-1980, Undated
	Abstract:	This collection includes printed broadsides from early America. Most are official government documents. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.973.C683
	Extent:	760 item(s)
	Topics:	Freemasons \| Travel
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Printed Material
	Subjects:	Abenaki language \| Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Abolitionists. \| Acquisitions (Libraries) \| Actors \| Aeronautics -- History \| Agricultural exhibitions \| Agriculture -- Missouri \| Air -- Purification -- Equipment and supplies \| Albert Medal \| Alcoholic beverage industry -- United States \| Alphabets \| American Anti-Vivisection Society \| American Philosophical Society \| American Philosophical Society -- Prizes \| American Philosophical Society. Library \| American loyalists. \| Anatomy -- Study and teaching. \| Animal magnetism. \| Anthropology \| Antiquities -- Collection and preservation \| Aquariums. \| Archaeology -- Mexico \| Archaeology -- United States. \| Architecture \| Archives \| Arithmetic. \| Art -- Exhibitions \| Astronomical instruments. \| Astronomy \| Astronomy -- Early works to 1800 \| Balloons. \| Bank notes -- Forgeries \| Bank notes -- Great Britain \| Banks and banking -- Pennsylvania \| Barometers. \| Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company \| Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. \| Bible. New Testament \| Bible. O.T. Psalms, II, 1 -- Sermons \| Biology. \| Birds \| Birds -- North America \| Birds -- Pictorial works \| Birmingham (Pa.) \| Bookbinding \| Books -- Auction catalogs \| Booksellers and bookselling \| Boston Port Bill, 1774 \| Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773 \| Botany \| Botany -- Catalogs -- France \| Botany -- Catalogs -- Great Britain \| Botany -- Catalogs -- United States \| Botany -- New York (State) \| Braddock's Campaign, 1755. \| Brandywine, Battle of, 1777 \| Bridges. \| Building materials \| Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 \| Business cards \| Cables -- Atlantic Ocean \| Calculators. \| Calendars \| Campus Martius (Marietta, Ohio) \| Canada -- Description and travel \| Canada -- Maps \| Canals -- Pennsylvania \| Capture at sea \| Carriages and carts \| Cements, Adhesive \| Cetacea \| Charities -- England -- London \| Chemicals \| Chemistry \| Chemistry -- History \| Chemistry -- Nomenclature \| Chemistry -- Study and teaching \| Cherokee language -- Alphabet \| Cherokee language -- Texts \| Chesapeake and Delaware Canal \| China -- Medical care \| Chinese language \| Chipewyan language \| Christian calendars \| Christianity \| Christmas \| Chronometers \| Church buildings -- Pennsylvania-Philadelphia \| Church of Scotland \| Civilization -- Early works to 1800 \| Clocks and watches. \| Coinage. \| Coins \| Colombia -- Census \| Columbia (Symbolic character) \| Comets -- Orbits \| Congratulations, greetings, thanks \| Conjoined twins \| Conservation of natural resources. \| Constitutional history -- United States \| Cotton \| Cotton -- Diseases and pests \| Cotton -- Statistics \| Counting \| Court summons \| Courtship -- Songs and music \| Criticism -- History \| Crucero Iberia \| Crusades \| Cuba -- Statistics, Vital \| Cutlery \| Cyclopedia \| Dance cards \| Darwinism. \| Daylight saving \| Delaware Indians \| Delaware Indians -- Religion \| Democratic National Convention (1864 : Chicago, Ill.) \| Design \| Dickinson College -- History -- Sources \| Dwellings -- Heating and ventilation \| Earth (Planet) \| Eclipses. \| Education \| Education -- Congresses \| Education -- South Carolina \| Education -- Study and teaching -- England. \| Education -- United States. \| Eidouranion \| Electricity \| Electrotherapeutics \| Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French \| English language \| Entomology -- United States. \| Episcopal Church -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Eskimo languages \| Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Fire extinction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Fisheries -- Great Britain \| Fishes -- Catalogs and collections \| Fishes -- Italy \| Flags -- United States. \| Flight \| Flour \| Forests and forestry -- United States -- Maps \| Forests and forestry -- United States. \| Foundries \| France. Chambre des pairs \| France. Code civil \| Franklin (Aircraft carrier) \| Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History \| Franklin Journal \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Imprints \| Freemasonry -- France -- History. \| Freemasons -- Pennsylvania \| French language \| Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures \| Fruits \| Furnaces \| Gas-lighting. \| Genetics -- History. \| Genetics -- Societies, etc. \| Geodesy \| Geography -- Europe \| Geology \| Geology -- Great Britain. \| Geology -- Pennsylvania. \| Geology -- Tables \| Geology, Stratigraphic. \| Girard College \| Girls' Schools -- France -- Paris \| Gorlitz (Dresden, Germany). Gymnasium \| Grapes \| Great Britain -- Colonies -- America \| Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1783 Sept. 3 \| Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Grinnell Expedition, 2d, 1853-1855 \| Haiti -- History -- Sources \| Harvard University -- Students \| Hessians \| Historic buildings -- Canada \| Historic buildings -- United States \| History of the earth and animated nature \| History. \| Hollywood (Md.) \| Honors -- Royal Society (Great Britain) \| Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Hospitals -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865. \| Human beings -- Origin \| Hybridization \| Hymns \| Hypnotism \| Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Indians of North America \| Indians of North America -- Antiquities \| Indians of North America -- Government relations \| Indians of North America -- History \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Indulgences \| Inland navigation -- United States \| Insurance -- Great Britain \| Iron and steel bridges \| Iroquois Indians -- Agriculture \| Jena, Battle of, Jena, Germany, 1806 \| Jesus Christ \| Kings and rulers \| Laboratories \| Lamps \| Land use -- Ohio \| Landscape architecture \| Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling \| Latin language \| Law -- Periodicals \| Law -- Virginia \| Lectures, public speaking \| Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company \| Liberty Bell \| Library rules and regulations \| Library science -- Congresses \| Life preservers \| Light \| Lightning \| Lightning conductors \| Lions \| Lippincott's magazine of literature, science and education \| Locks and keys \| Locusts \| London (England) -- Maps \| Longitude. \| Lord's prayer \| Lotteries \| Lowell Observatory \| Lumadrama \| Lyceums. \| Machinery. \| Magic squares \| Magna Carta \| Mammoths. \| Martial law -- Philadelphia (Pa.) \| Massachusetts -- Finance \| Mastodon \| Mastodon -- Exhibitions \| Mathematical instruments \| Maxims \| Medical sciences -- Periodicals \| Medicine -- Congresses \| Medicine -- Humor \| Medicine -- Study and teaching. \| Menageries -- Boston (Mass.) \| Menageries -- Great Britain \| Menageries -- Philadelphia \| Mercantile Library of Philadelphia \| Merino sheep \| Mesmerism. \| Meteorology \| Meteorology - Observations \| Meteorology -- Observations -- England -- London \| Meteorology -- Observations. \| Meteorology -- Tables \| Meteors. \| Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861 \| Mexico -- History -- Sources \| Microscopy. \| Mineralogy \| Missionaries -- China. \| Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel \| Missourium \| Mohawk Indians \| Mohawk language -- Texts \| Mohegan Indians -- Religion \| Mollusks. \| Money \| Moral philosophy \| Moravians -- Missions \| Morphology. \| Mosquitoes. \| Mothers \| Mound-builders -- United States \| Mounds -- United States \| Mount Vernon School (Boston, Mass.) \| Museums \| Museums -- New York (State) -- New York. \| Museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century. \| Mustard \| Mysticism \| National Academy of Sciences \| National songs -- United States \| Natural Philosophy \| Natural history \| Natural history -- Periodicals \| Natural history -- Societies, etc. \| Natural history -- South America \| Natural history -- Technique \| Natural history -- United States. \| Nebulae \| New Orleans Canal and Banking Company \| Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Occultism \| Odometers \| Oneida Community \| Optical instruments \| Orators \| Ordnance \| Ozone \| Painting -- Exhibitions \| Paleontology \| Paleontology -- Missouri \| Paper money -- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Patent medicines \| Patriotische Martyrer \| Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Pennsylvania -- History \| Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Perpetual calendars \| Perpetual motion \| Pharmacology. \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Finance \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Statistics, Vital \| Philadelphia (Pa.). Militia \| Phrenology. \| Physical geography -- Canada \| Physical instruments \| Physicians \| Phytogeography -- United States -- Maps \| Planets \| Planets -- Observations \| Plants -- Collection and preservation. \| Plows. \| Polarization (Light) \| Political geography \| Political satire \| Poor laws -- Great Britain \| Portraits. \| Portsmouth (N.H.) -- Statistics, Vital \| Postal service -- History \| Postal service -- United States. \| Presidents -- United States -- Autographs \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1804 \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1840 \| Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864 \| Prices \| Prices -- France \| Prices -- Italy -- Trieste \| Prices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Prices -- United States \| Princeton, Battle of, Princeton, N.J., 1777 \| Printing machinery and supplies \| Printing presses \| Prisons \| Privateering \| Prizes \| Processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Promissory notes \| Propaganda, American \| Prophecies \| Quakers. \| Railroads -- Mexico \| Railroads -- Pennsylvania \| Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Railroads. \| Real property -- Pennsylvania. \| Real property. \| Redwood family \| Reigate and Godstone Railway \| Religious education -- Massachusetts \| Retired women -- France -- Paris \| Rewards programs (Criminal investigation) \| Roads -- Pennsylvania \| Roots, Numerical \| Royal College of Physicians of London \| Royal Humane Society (London, England) \| Rutgers College \| Salt industry and trade \| Scales (Weighing instruments) \| Schools -- Denmark \| Science \| Science -- Congresses \| Science -- History -- Study and teaching \| Science -- Philosophy -- Study and teaching \| Science -- Societies, etc. \| Science -- Study and teaching. \| Scientific apparatus and instruments. \| Scientific expeditions. \| Seals and labels (Philately) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Seeds -- Catalogs \| Seneca Indians \| Serpents \| Sheffield (England) \| Shipbuilding \| Shippensburg (Pa.) \| Ships, Iron and steel -- Great Britain \| Signals and signaling \| Silk \| Slavery -- Pennsylvania. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Slavey language \| Smallpox \| Smallpox -- Vaccination \| Social cards \| Societies. \| Society of Friends \| Society of Friends -- Great Britain. \| Solar eclipses. \| South Carolina -- Politics and government \| Southwark (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Spelling reform \| Stamp Act, 1765 \| Stars. \| Steam \| Steam-carriages \| Steam-engines. \| Steam-navigation \| Steamboats -- United States. \| Stoves \| Strikes and lockouts \| Success \| Sugar beet \| Sun \| Susquehanna County (Pa.) \| Sweden. Treaties, etc. United States, 1783 April 3 \| Tariffs \| Taxation -- Massachusetts \| Taxation -- United States \| Te Deum laudamus (Music) \| Telegraph \| Telescopes \| Temper \| Temperature -- Newfoundland -- St. John's \| Temperature measurements. \| Texas -- History -- Republic, 1836-1846 \| Texas. Navy \| Theology \| Thermometers \| Tobacco -- Commerce \| Tobacco industry -- Bermuda Islands \| Tobacco industry -- Virginia \| Tornadoes \| Trains -- Central Europe \| Transactions of the American Philosophical Society \| Transylvania University \| Treaties. \| Trees -- North America. \| Trees. \| Trieste (Italy) -- Commerce \| Trust indentures. \| Tunnels -- England -- Thames River \| Type and type-founding -- Specimens \| Typhus fever. \| U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey \| United Nations \| United States - Politics and government \| United States - Politics and government - 1783-1809 \| United States -- Anniversaries, etc. \| United States -- Foreign relations -- China \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music \| United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- American forces \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, German \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources \| United States -- Military policy \| United States -- Statistics \| United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Caricatures and cartoons \| United States. Army \| United States. Congress (2nd, 1st session : 1791-1792) \| United States. Constitution \| United States. Continental Army -- Organization \| United States. Continental Army -- Staff -- Biography \| United States. Declaration of Independence \| United States. Navy -- Warrant officers \| Uruguay -- History \| Vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 \| Virginia. Declaration of Rights \| Vivisection \| Vivisection -- 19th century \| Volapük \| Warships \| Washington Hall \| Water -- Purification \| Water -- Purification -- Filtration \| Water mills \| Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 \| Weights and measures. \| Whales \| Wharton School \| Wine and wine making \| Women -- Education \| Women -- Employment \| Wood -- Preservation \| Yale University \| Zoology \| Zoology -- India \| Zoology -- Italy \| Zoology -- Pictorial works \| Zoology -- Study and teaching.