| 2 | Creator: | Darrach, Charles Gobrecht. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Topography of the earth, 1914
| | | | Dates: | 1914 | | | | Abstract: | The author claims that studies in paleontology, biology, and topography "practically eliminate the Darwinian hypothesis from serious consideration in the study of nature." The essay, which is illustrated by hand-drawn maps, is "dedicated to the memory of Henry Pemberton, Member American Philosophical Society, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, etc." | | | | Call #: | Mss.525.D25 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Charts. | Creation. | Darrach, Charles Gobrecht. | Evolution. | Religion and geography. | Religion and science -- History -- 20th century. | |
| 4 | Creator: | Billings, William, 1746-1800 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Journals of the Ship Apollo, 1789-1791
| | | | Dates: | 1789-1791 | | | | Abstract: | These logbooks record two voyages (to Corunna, Spain, 1789-1790, and to Oporto, Portugal, 1791, and returns to Philadelphia), with observations of differences in temperature between air and water, especially when passing the Gulf Stream or any land or banks. | | | | Call #: | Mss.656.B49 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Apollo (Ship). | Billings, William, 1746-1800 | Business and Skilled Trades | Charts. | International Travel | Logbooks. | Meteorological Data | Meteorology -- Observations. | Scientific Data | Trade | Voyages and travels. | |
| 5 | Creator: | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Adolphe Quetelet correspondence, 1822-1872
| | | | Dates: | 1822-1872 | | | | Abstract: | These are letters to Quetelet primarily on the subject of astronomy (meteorological observations), including charts showing directions of shooting stars. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.11 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Brown, Samuel | Charts. | Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888 | De la Rive, Auguste A. | Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869 | Espy, James P., (James Pollard), 1785-1860 | Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867 | Farr, William, 1807-1883 | Forbes, James David, 1809-1868 | Garfield, James A., (James Abram), 1831-1881 | Gauss, Charles Frederic | Gilliss, J. Melville. | Guyot, A., (Arnold), 1807-1884 | Hamilton, W. R., (William R.) | Henry, Joseph | Herrick, Edward C. | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Hough, George W. | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Kennedy, J. C. G., (Joseph Camp Griffith), 1813-1887 | Le Verrier, U.-J., (Urbain J.), 1811-1877 | Lloyd, Humphrey, 1800-1881 | Meteorological records. | Meteorology -- Observations. | Microfilm Collection | Newton, Hubert A. | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 | Royal Observatory, Brussels. | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 | Sanford, E. A. | Shattuck, Lemuel | Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875 | Whewell, William, 1794-1866 | Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887 | |
| 6 | Creator: | Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert Cushman Murphy journals, 1907-1971
| | | | Dates: | 1907-1971 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains the diaries, journals, and observations of a naturalist, generously illustrated with newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, sketches, maps, and charts. This collection contains primarily correspondence, but includes articles and addresses by Murphy as well as scrapbooks, photographs, and other miscellaneous volumes documenting his career. From his earliest travels to South American and the Antarctic regions in 1912, until his Australia voyage in 1971, Murphy continually explored animal and bird life as a scientist, and also as a concerned citizen who became one of the earliest advocates of conservation and ecology. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M957 | | | | Extent: | 42.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Geographical Society of New York. | American Museum of Natural History. | American Philosophical Society. | Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration. | Armstrong, John Charles | Articles. | Australia -- Description and travel. | Avila, Enrique | Bahamas -- Description and travel. | Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)--Description and travel | Beck, R. H. | Belt, Charles Banks. | Bermuda Islands -- Description and travel. | Bermuda petrel. | Biogeography. | Birds -- Geographical distribution. | Birds -- New York (State) -- Long Island. | Birds -- Peru. | Birds -- Research. | Birds -- Venezuela. | Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950 | British Columbia -- Description and travel. | Brooklyn Museum. | Brooks, Paul | Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 | Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 | Chapman, Frank M. | Charts. | Choco Indians | Clippings. | Cocopa Indians | Colombia -- Description and travel. | Conservation of natural resources. | DDT (Insecticide) | Deevey, Edward Smith, 1914-1988 | Diaries. | Eastern Woodlands Indians | Ecology. | England -- Description and travel. | Europe -- Description and travel. | Falla, R. A., (Robert Alexander) | Faunce, Wayne M. | Fisheries -- Florida. | Fisheries -- North Carolina. | Fisheries -- Peru. | Fishes -- Peru. | Fishes -- Venezuela. | Fleming, C. A., (Charles Alexander), 1916-1987 | Gelatin silver prints | Georgia -- Description and travel. | Greely, A. W., (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935 | Grosvenor, Gilbert H., 1875-1966 | Guano. | Indians of Central America--Panama | Indians of North America--Florida | Indians of North America--New York (State) | Indians of South America--Colombia | Indians of South America--Ecuador | Indians of South America--Peru | Journals (notebooks). | Maps. | Marine biology. | Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005 | Mead, Margaret,1901-1978,comp. | Mexico -- Description and travel. | Montauk Indians | Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 | Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973 | Oceanography. | Ornithologists. | Ornithology--South America | Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996 | Philippines -- Description and travel. | Photomechanical prints | Photoprints. | Quechua Indians | Ripley, Sidney Dillon, 1913-2001 | Scrapbooks. | Seminole Indians | Sketches. | South America -- Description and travel. | Southeast Indians | Sperm whale. | Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 | United States -- Description and travel. | Vogt, William, 1902-1968 | Voyages and travels. | Water birds. | Whaling. | Zoology -- New York (State) -- Long Island. | Zoology -- New Zealand. | Zoology -- South Carolina. | Zoology. | |
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