| 2 | Creator: | Anonymous | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Electrologia, ca. 1785
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1785 | | | | Abstract: | By an unknown author, this notebook is of experiments and the history of experiments with electricity, containing references to Franklin, Beccaria, and Priestley, etc. | | | | Call #: | Mss.537.EL23 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Anonymous | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Beyond Early America | Educational Material | Electricity -- Early works to 1850. | Electricity -- Experiments -- History. | Foreign Language | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Natural History | Notebooks. | Priestley, Joseph, -- 1733-1804. -- Unitarianism explained and defended. | Science and technology | Scientific Data | |
| 3 | Creator: | Dutour, Étienne Francois,1711-1784. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Étienne Francois Dutour letters, 1744-1756
| | | | Dates: | 1744-1756 | | | | Abstract: | This is a collection of drafts of letters written by Dutour to Abbé Jean Antoine Nollet. Dutour describes his various experiments on the influence of flame on electricity, as well as with luminous barometers. There is information relative to eighteenth-century scientific apparatus, as well as to contemporary scientists, such as Giambatista Beccaria, Francois de Cisternay Du fay, Dortous de Mairan, Petrus von Musschenbroek, and René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.D935 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Barometers. | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Beyond Early America | Du fay, Charles-Francois de Cisternay, -- 1698-1739. | Dutour, Étienne Francois,1711-1784. | Electricity -- Early works to 1850. | Mairan, Dortous de, 1678-1771 | Musschenbroek, Petrus von, 1692-1761 | Nollet, -- abbé -- (Jean Antoine), -- 1700-1770. | Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, -- 1683-1757. | Scientific apparatus and instruments -- 18th century. | Scientists -- 18th century. | |
| 4 | Creator: | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Giambatista Beccaria Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1766-1780 | | | | Abstract: | The papers of the Italian natural philosopher and electrician, Giambatista Beccaria (1716-1781) contain letters to Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Banks, Laura Bassi, Gian Francesco Cigna, and others on a variety of scientific topics, including atmospheric and terrestrial electricity, the aurora borealis, earthquakes, meteorology, and phosphorescence. In addition to Beccaria's epistolary essays, the collection includes several journals of meteorological observations and notes for Giovanni Eandi's biography of Beccaria. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B385 | | | | Extent: | 0.75 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Auroras. | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Bassi, Laura, 1711-1778 | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Beyond Early America | Cigna, Gian Francesco, 1734-1790 | Eandi, Giuseppe Antonio Francesco Girolamo, 1735-1799 | Earthquakes--Early works to 1800 | Electricity--Early works to 1800 | Electricity--Experiments | Foreign Language | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Journals (notebooks) | Lightning | Lightning rods | Manuscript Essays | Meteorology--Italy--Observations | Phosphorescence | Physics--Early works to 1800 | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Scientific apparatus and instruments--18th century | Sketches. | Sunspots | |
| 5 | Creator: | Boscovich, Roger Joseph, 1711-1787 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich papers, [ca. 1730-1786]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1730-1786 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes correspondence to and from Boskovic; a travel journal in Europe; and a large number of manuscripts on astronomy, hydrography, hydro-mechanics, mathematics, geometry, mechanics, and optics; and a volume of poetry. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.5 | | | | Extent: | 14.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Boscovich, Roger Joseph, 1711-1787 | Europe -- Description and travel. | Fontana, Felice, 1730-1805 | Frisi, Paolo, 1728-1784 | Geometry. | Hydraulic engineering. | Hydrography. | La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774 | Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Fran, 1732-1807 | Liesganig, Joseph | Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811 | Mathematics. | Mechanics | Microfilm Collection | Morton, Charles, 1716-1799 | Optics. | Philology. | Physics. | Poems. | Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 | Stay, Benedetto | |
| 6 | Creator: | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir Joseph Banks papers, 1766-1820 (bulk)
| | | | Dates: | 1766-1820 | | | | Abstract: | This collection is comprised of materials from seven repositories and includes correspondence from Banks' colleagues and explorers, such as John Hope, Josiah Wedgwood, Georg Forster, and Captain William Bligh; records of expenses for voyages and journeys; and journals kept during voyages to New Foundland and Labrador (1766) and around the world with Captain James Cook (1768-1771). Topics include botany and horticulture, marine life, and collecting specimens. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.3 | | | | Extent: | 50.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Bligh, William, 1754-1817 | Botany. | Bounty (Ship). | Brazil -- Description and travel. | Canada -- Discovery and exploration. | Cook, James, 1728-1779 | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Endeavour (Ship). | Fabbroni, Giovanni Valentino Mattia, 1752-1822 | Forster, Georg, 1754-1794 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Hope, John, 1725-1786 | Horticulture. | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799 | Journals (notebooks). | Marine biology | Microfilm Collection | Naturalists - England | Oceania -- Discovery and exploration. | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Pitcairn Island -- Discovery and exploration. | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Voyages and travels. | Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795 | |
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