| 1 | Creator: | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peter Collinson letters, [ca. 1740]-1770
| | | | Dates: | 1740-1770 | | | | Abstract: | This is a small group of letters written to Johann Ambrosius Beurer, J. von Sprehelson, and Christoph Jacob Trew. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C692 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Berkeley, Edmund, 1937- | Beurer, Johann Ambrosius | Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 | General Correspondence | Natural History | Natural history. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Sprehelson, J. von | Trew, Christoph Jacob, 1695-1769 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke,1786-1842. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Lamarck's genera of shells, [ca. 1831]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1831 | | | | Abstract: | This volume was copied by Philip Holbrook Nicklin, a Philadelphia author and bookseller, from portions of the "London Quarterly Journal of Science Literature and the Arts" and partly from a translation of the original, to which is prefixed a short conchological introduction, containing descriptions of the Linnean genera, & of those species, from which Lamarck has formed most of his genera. | | | | Call #: | Mss.594.L16 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, 1744-1829 | Manuscript Essays | Mollusks. | Natural History | Natural history. | Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke,1786-1842. | Science and Technology | Zoology. | |
| 4 | Creator: | Walker, John,1731-1803. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Natural History, May 3, 1790 - December 2, 1790
| | | | Dates: | 1790 | | | | Abstract: | This volume, written between May 3 and December 2, includes essays on mineralogy, the vegetable kingdom (such as botany and fruitification), and the animal kingdom (such as zoology, ornithology, and generation of animals). | | | | Call #: | Mss.504.W15 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Beyond Early America | Botany. | Education | Educational Material | Essays. | Mineralogy. | Natural History | Natural history. | Ornithology. | University of Edinburgh. | Walker, John,1731-1803. | Zoology. | |
| 6 | Creator: | Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Sir Hans Sloane correspondence, ca. 1647-1743
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1647-1743 | | | | Abstract: | These are the Sloane manuscripts 4036-4069, comprised principally of letters to Sloane from scholars, physicians, naturalists, and collectors in Great Britain, Europe, and America. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.18 | | | | Extent: | 16.0 Film reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Science. | Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753 | |
| 19 | Creator: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Torrey papers, 1819-1864
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1864 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include letters on natural history, metals and mineralogy, botany, insects, the geological survey of New York, and analyses of distilled liquors in the cause of temperance. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.T63.1 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Botany. | Buckley, S. B., (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884 | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 | Delavan, Edward C., (Edward Cornelius), 1793-1871 | Durand, Elie M. | Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 | Geology -- New York (State) -- Surveys. | Insects. | Mineralogy. | Natural History | Natural history. | Science and Technology | Scientific Correspondence | Temperance. | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 | |
| 20 | Creator: | Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas Say papers, 1819-1883, 1955
| | | | Dates: | 1819-1883 | | | | Abstract: | Consists of material chiefly on natural history, shells, and insects, including miscellaneous notes on conchology by Say; photostats of 6 letters from Say to Jacob Gilliams, 1819-1829, from Morristown, New Jersey; and a biographical note on Say. The drawings and impressions of shells are by Mrs. Lucy Way Sistaire Say, prepared for W. G. Binney's edition of Say's complete works on conchology, 1858; also Mrs. Say's refutation of what she considered an unfair attack in George Ord's memoir of Say. Correspondents include André Etienne Férussac, Arthur F. Gray, John Lawrence LeConte, and Charles W. Short. An additional item is a memorial volume (ca. 150 pp.), including a family genealogy and land surveys in watercolor (B Sa95f). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sa95.g | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Drawings. | Entomology. | Férussac, André-Etienne-Just-Pascal-Joseph-Francois d'Audebard, -- baron de, -- 1786-1836. | General Correspondence | Gilliams, Jacob | Land and Speculation | Maps and Surveys | Mollusks. | Natural History | Natural history. | Ord, George, 1781-1866 | Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 | Sketchbooks | Surveying and Maps | |
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