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1Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Algebra workbook, 1772     
 Dates:  1772 
 Abstract:  This algebra notebook was kept by a student at West Nottingham Academy in Maryland. The notebook contains graphs, essays on mathematical rules, and problems.

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 Call #:  Mss.510.AL3 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Algebra. | Mathematics. 
2Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Mathematics copybook, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  Circa 18th century 
 Abstract:  This eighteenth-century notebook on math contains graphs and solutions to problems. The rule for cube roots is also contained.

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 Call #:  Mss.510.M42 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Algebra. | Geometry. | Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc. 
3Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Arithmetic workbook, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This notebook is from a course in arithmetic taken during the late-18th or early-19th century, possibly from West Nottingham Academy because it is bound with an Algebra notebook from that school. This notebook contains rules and essays on decimals and various equations.

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 Call #:  Mss.511.Ar4 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Arithmetic. | Fractions. | Geometry. | Mathematics. 
4Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Notes, [n.d.], from a text on conic sections     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This slender notebook contains information on geometry. It includes rules, equations, and some graphs.

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 Call #:  Mss.516.2.C765 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Conic sections. | Mathematics. 
5Author:  Morton, Charles, 1627-1698Requires cookie*
 Title:  A System of Physicks (Compedium Physicae)     
 Dates:  Circa 1700 
 Abstract:  This collection is a manuscript copy of Charles Morton's "System of Physicks," which was used as one of the primary textbooks for teaching natural history in early America. The MOLE entry contains a detailed discussion of the text, its provenance, and its author.

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 Call #:  Mss.530.Sy8 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Manuscript Essays 
 Subjects:  Physics -- Early works to 1800 | Science and technology 
6Author:  Coates, Benjamin.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Comments on some of the illustrations derived by Phrenology from Comparative Anatomy, 1823     
 Dates:  1823 
 Abstract:  This collection contains a lecture to the Phrenological Society of Philadelphia delivered by Benjamin Coates in 1823.

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 Call #:  Mss.139.C65 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Medicine 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Anatomy, Comparative. | Medical illustration. | Nervous system. | Phrenology. 
7Author:  Law Academy of Philadelphia.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Opinion book A: opinions delivered before the Law Academy of Philadelphia by the provost and vice provost, 1820-1822     
 Dates:  1820-1822 
 Abstract:  The opinion book consists of various debates held and delivered before the Provost and Vice Provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia. The Law Academy was a precursor to formal law. Peter Du Ponceau was the provost of the Academy and most of the opinions are signed by him. This volume was likely his notebook.

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 Call #:  Mss.340.7.L41 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Law 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Manuscript Essays 
 Subjects:  Law -- Study and teaching. | Law schools. | Moot courts. 
8Author:  Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818Requires cookie*
 Title:  Lecture notes on anatomy, [ca. 1781-1809]     
 Dates:  Circa 1781-1809 
 Abstract:  These three volumes contain Caspar Wistar's lecture notes on anatomy, likely taken while he was a student in Great Britain in the 1780s. Its content may lend insight into medical thought, practice, and education during the early republic.

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 Call #:  Mss.610.4.W76 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Medicine 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Amputation -- Study and teaching. | Anatomy -- Study and teaching. | Medicine -- Study and teaching. | Obstetrics -- Study and teaching. 
9Author:  Fothergill, John, 1712-1780Requires cookie*
 Title:  John Fothergill letters, 1737-1778     
 Dates:  1737-1750 
 Abstract:  The John Fothergill Letters Collection, 1737-1778 (bulk 1737-1750), consists of fourteen copies of letters Fothergill wrote. Most of the letters are addressed to Charles Aston and most discuss medicine.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.F82 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Education | Medicine 
 Genre:  General Correspondence | Scientific Correspondence 
 Subjects:  Botany. | Medicine. | Science. 
10Author:  Rush, James,1786-1869.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Cards of admission, 1807-1816, to medical lectures     
 Dates:  1807-1816 
 Abstract:  This portion of the James Rush Collection contains photostats of tickets of admission to medical lectures, most of which were held in Scotland.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.R893 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Education | Medicine 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Lecturers. | Medicine. 
11Author:  UnidentifiedRequires cookie*
 Title:  Della filosofia naturale     
 Dates:  Circa 1710 
 Abstract:  Written in Latin, this large bound volume from 1710 discusses physics and natural history. The last few pages contain a number of diagrams and images dealing with astronomy and calculations, all of which are hand drawn.

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 Call #:  Mss.530.D38 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Natural history 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Manuscript Essays | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Natural Philosophy 
12Author:  Roberts, Joseph,1793-1835.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Joseph Roberts philosophical and mathematical papers, 1812-1814     
 Dates:  1812-1814 
 Abstract:  This collection includes scientific educational material and data from nineteenth century scientist Joseph Roberts. The volumes contain problems, lectures, and notes.

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 Call #:  Mss.510.R54 
 Extent:  3 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Manuscript Essays | Notebooks | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc. | Physics. | Spherical trigonometry. 
13Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Astronomy workbook, 1821     
 Dates:  1821 
 Abstract:  This notebook on astronomy from 1821 contains a range of information on astronomical calculations and general scientific knowledge from the early nineteenth century.

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 Call #:  Mss.520.As83 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Astronomy -- Mathematics. 
14Author:  Grew, Theophilus,d. 1759.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Tables of the sun and moon fitted to the meridian of Philadephia, [1746-1761], n.d.     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  Theophilus Grew was an astronomer, teacher, and author in Philadelphia. He provided astronomical calculations for many almanacs, including Poor Richard's. This single volume contains Grew's astronomical calculations for 1746-1761 for Philadelphia, which likely served as the basis for data used in almanacs. He was also a teacher. He ran a school before joining the early faculty in what would become the University of Pennsylvania. The volume can shed light on astronomical methods and calculations in early America, and what type of methods may have been taught to students in 1750s Philadelphia.

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 Call #:  Mss.524.G86t 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Astronomy -- Charts, diagrams, etc. | Eclipses. | Spherical astronomy. 
15Author:  Roberts, Joseph,1793-1835.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Astronomical calculations,1820-1821     
 Dates:  1820-1821 
 Abstract:  Joseph Roberts was a teacher at Friends Academy. This volume contains various astronomical calculations done by him and his students for 1820-1821.

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 Call #:  Mss.524.M44 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Astronomy. | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. 
16Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  Traité de physique et de chymie, ca. 1800     
 Dates:  Circa 1800 
 Abstract:  This beautifully bound volume contains numerous essays on scientific developments that occurred in the 18th century. The text of the notebook is written so that the manuscript appears like a published work. Among the topics discussed are electricity, physics, balloons, pharmacology, and an invention by Peter Woulfe. The notebook is in French.

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 Call #:  Mss.537.G18 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Foreign Language | Manuscript Essays | Notebooks | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Balloons. | Chemistry -- Experiments. | Electricity -- Early works to 1850. | Gases. | Hydraulics. | Pharmacology. | Science -- History. | Technology -- History. 
17Author:  Hasbrouck, Louis, 1777-1834Requires cookie*
 Title:  Notes from Lectures on Chemistry delivered by Doctor John McClean, Princeton College     
 Dates:  January 1797 - June 1797 
 Abstract:  This notebook contains Louis Hasbrouck's notes from a chemistry class at Princeton in 1797-1798.

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 Call #:  Mss.540.H27 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Agriculture -- Study and teaching -- 18th century | Botanical chemistry | Chemistry -- Study and teaching -- 18th century | Metallurgy | Phlogiston | Sugar 
18Author:  Sager, A.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Chemie (lecture notes)     
 Dates:  Circa 1810 
 Abstract:  This bound volume contains the lecture notes for a course on chemistry. Dated circa 1810 and in Swedish, little more is known about the volume's origins.

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 Call #:  Mss.540.Sa1 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Chemistry -- Sweden -- 19th century | Electricity 
19Author:  Meriam, Ebenezer,1794-1864.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Ebenezer Meriam correspondence, 1850-1855     
 Dates:  1850-1855 
 Abstract:  This collection consists primarily of correspondence form Onondaga Indians in the 1850. Much of the correspondence discusses education and religion. Some of the letters relate to affairs between New York state and Indian groups seeking aid. Much of this correspondence is beyond the chronological scope of this guide.

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 Call #:  Mss.970.3.On1 
 Extent:  32 item(s) 
 Topics:  Education | Government Affairs | Native America 
 Genre:  Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indian reservations | Indians of North America -- Education | Onondaga Indians 
20Author:  Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876Requires cookie*
 Title:  Joseph Carson papers, 1810-1877     
 Dates:  1810-1877 
 Abstract:  The APS collection of Joseph Carson's letters is relatively small, especially for the purposes of this guide. Joseph Carson was a Philadelphia born and educated physician who spent time serving as a ship's physician. The collection has six documents from before 1850. They range from letters to receipts to notes from a lecture. Of particular significance is a very long letter Carson wrote from Calcultta in 1830 to Samuel Grant, an associate in the U.S.. Carson had been asked to carry a bill of exchange for Grant, which he had some difficulty disposing of because Grant's credit was not well-known, and to purchase goods on Grant's behalf for sale in the U.S.. Carson details the process and availability of goods in India, and the reasons for his decision to purchase silk and indigo for Grant. Carson then goes on to describe his experience on the trip, stating that he "played the part of merchant and doctor."

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 Call #:  Mss.B.C239 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Americans Abroad | Education | Medicine | Trade 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts | Educational Material | General Correspondence | Notebooks 
 Subjects:  Botany. | Medical publishing | Medicine -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. 
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