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| | 2 | Author: | Anonymous | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | [Eclipses of the sun and moon, 1820-1838], n.d.
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1820-1838 | | | | Abstract: | This collection of astronomical calculations from 1786-1838 consists of various loose notes on eclipses and solar/lunar calculations, including information on an eclipse as witnessed in Canton and Philadelphia. The collection also has a folio size bound volume that diagrams (sometimes with color added) eclipses for the years 1818, 1820, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1829, 1838, as observed in Philadelphia.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.521.8.Ec6 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Scientific Data | | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Eclipses. | |
| 5 | Author: | 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. | |
| 10 | Author: | Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Experiments relating to phlogiston and the conversion of water into air, 1783
| | | | Dates: | 1783 | | | | Abstract: | This tall, slender volume details Joseph Priestley's experiments with the principles of fire, specifically inflammability, in 1783. The volume contains an essay laying out the theory of and debate surrounding "phlogiston" and then describes the experiments he took to prove its existence.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.540.1.P93 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Manuscript Essays | Scientific Data | | | | Subjects: | Phlogiston. | |
| 13 | Author: | Genth, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Complete catalogue of the collection of minerals of Dr. F. A. Genth, [n.d.]
| | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Abstract: | The bound volume contains a catalogue of Frederick Augustus Genth's library. It is over 100 pages long. Genth was a prominent scientist in Europe and the United States. Born in Germany, he fled during the tumult of 1848, arriving in Baltimore before settling in Philadelphia where he worked as a contract scientist and professor. A large portion of his papers are housed at Penn State.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.549.G283 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Scientific Data | | | | Subjects: | Minerals -- Catalogs and collections. | |
| 16 | Author: | Legaux, Peter, 1748-1827 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Observations météorologiques faites à Springmill [Pennsylvania], 1787-1800
| | | | Dates: | 1787-1800 | | | | Abstract: | These two volumes contain the meteorological records Peter Legaux kept for fourteen years in Spring Mill, Pennsylvania. One portion contains his correspondence to the American Philosophical Society in which he explains his methods for recording data. The materials dated 1801 were addressed to Thomas Jefferson, then president of the APS. The second part of the collection contains the raw data. Also included in the data collection are records from the 1740s to the 1770s for Philadelphia that are believed to be done by Phineas [possibly Israel] Pemberton.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.551.5.L52 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Science and technology | | | | Genre: | Meteorological Data | | | | Subjects: | Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Observations. | Weather. | |
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