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1	Creator:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Notes, [n.d.], from a text on conic sections
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This volume includes definitions and problems on parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.
	Call #:	Mss.516.2.C765
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Anonymous \| Conic sections. \| Education \| Educational Material \| Mathematics. \| Notebooks \| Notes. \| Scientific Data

2	Creator:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	[Eclipses of the sun and moon, 1820-1838], n.d.
	Dates:	Circa 1820-1838
	Abstract:	This item, by an unknown author, presents an astronomical sketch of eclipses, some of which could be seen from Philadelphia and Canton, China.
	Call #:	Mss.521.8.Ec6
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Anonymous \| Astronomy. \| Charts. \| Eclipses. \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data \| Whiteman

3	Creator:	Unidentified author	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Della filosofia naturale
	Dates:	Circa 1710
	Abstract:	Part I contains a series of definitions of the principles of physics. Part II includes chapters on the visible world, the earth, the senses, light, and meteorology.
	Call #:	Mss.530.D38
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Education \| Educational Material \| Manuscript Essays \| Natural History \| Natural philosophy \| Scientific Data \| Unidentified author

4	Creator:	Swainson, William, 1789-1855	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Birds of North America
	Dates:	Circa 1822-1824
	Abstract:	Detailed notes from Alexander Wilson's "American ornithology," including item numbers from Peale's museum. Also two loose pages in vol. 1 attributed to John Abbot; Case for 2 volumes says "George Ord -- Birds of North America. Original manuscript."
	Call #:	Mss.598.S1b
	Extent:	2.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Natural History \| Notebooks \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data \| Swainson, William, 1789-1855

5	Creator:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Moon, Moses, Cyphering Book with tipped-in deed and map
	Dates:	1772; 1787
	Abstract:	Moses Moon (1754-1822) was a Bucks County, Pennsylvania resident. He spent his entire life living and working at his family’s Woodbourne Estate in Bucks County as a farmer, horticulturist and surveyor. The collection consists of what Moon called his Cyphering Book, containing drawings of the solar system, and the positions of the stars dated 1772, as well as a copy of a deed with a map on the reverse from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1787.
	Call #:	Mss.SMs.Coll.10
	Extent:	2.0 Item(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Scope and Contents Note \| Administrative Information \| Inventory
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	Subjects:	Land and Speculation \| Maps and Surveys \| Scientific Data \| Surveying and Maps

6	Creator:	Freehauff, Daniel.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Astronomical calculations, 1778, 1779
	Dates:	1778-1779
	Abstract:	These volumes contain calculations and drawings of an eclipse of the sun, 24 June 1778, and of the moon, 29 May 1779, adjusted to the meridian of Philadelphia. There is also an incomplete duplicate of the calculations for the sun, and a duplicate of the calculations for the moon. An apparently personal reference in the text suggests that Freehauff was a native of Germany.
	Call #:	Mss.523.78.F87c
	Extent:	2.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Astronomy. \| Drawings. \| Eclipses. \| Freehauff, Daniel. \| Manuscript Essays \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data

7	Creator:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Traité de la physique, [17--]
	Dates:	Circa 18th century
	Abstract:	This volume, written by an unknown author, describes general principles of physics, with numerous sketches illustrating the text. There are a few notations in Spanish by Juan Bastolleros.
	Call #:	Mss.530.T68t
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Anonymous \| Bastolleros, Juan \| Educational Material \| Foreign Language \| Notebooks \| Physics. \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data \| Sketches.

8	Creator:	Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Experiments relating to phlogiston and the conversion of water into air, 1783
	Dates:	1783
	Abstract:	This essay discusses Priestley's experiments concerning phlogiston, also called "the principle of inflammability," which was once thought to be a volatile substance that was part of all combustible matter and was released as flame in combustion.
	Call #:	Mss.540.1.P93
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Lavoisier , Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794 \| Manuscript Essays \| Phlogiston. \| Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data

9	Creator:	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:	none
	Call #:	Mss.549.G283
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Genth, F. A. , (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893 \| Minerals -- Catalogs and collections. \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data

10	Creator:	Poyntell, William,1756-1811.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Thermometrical journal, 1803
	Dates:	1803
	Abstract:	This journal was kept on a voyage from the Downs to the Capes of Delaware on board the ship Three Sisters, 26 June-20 August, 1803. The volume includes "Observations on the storm glass," made on the same voyage. The storm glass, with an explanation of its use, and the journal of observations are at the American Philosophical Society.
	Call #:	Mss.551.5.P86
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Meteorological Data \| Meteorological records. \| Meteorology. \| Poyntell, William,1756-1811. \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data \| Temperature measurements.

11	Creator:	Kampman, Christian Frederick, 1708-1808	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Catalogus plantarum sponte crescentium circa Bethlehem in comitatu Northampton in Pensylvania & Hope in comitatu Sussex in West New Jersey, &c. [n.d.]
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	Kampman copied this document at the request of John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder "for the information of the [American] Philosophical Society," and Heckewelder transmitted it to the Society.
	Call #:	Mss.580.K12
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Botany -- Pennsylvania. \| Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 \| Kampman, Christian Frederick, 1708-1808 \| Medicine \| Medicine. \| Plants -- Catalogs. \| Scientific Data

12	Creator:	Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Oration delivered February 24th 1775 before the American Philosophical Society
	Dates:	1775
	Abstract:	none
	Call #:	Mss.520.4.R51ms
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Educational Material \| Institutional Records \| Manuscript Essays \| Natural History \| Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data

13	Creator:	Varley, Cromwell J.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Journal of Astronomical Observations
	Dates:	1845-1858
	Abstract:	A member of a family of early 19th century artists and instrument makers that included Cornelius, John, and William Fleetwood Varley, Cromwell J. Varley shared in the family interests in astronomy. The Journal of Astronomical Observations includes brief notes on telescopic observations of comets, stars, and planets conducted by Cromwell J. Varley between 1845 and 1858, accompanied by twenty ink and watercolor sketches.
	Call #:	Mss.522.1942.V42
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Scope and Contents Note \| Administrative Information \| Inventory
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	Subjects:	Astronomy--Observations \| Comets -- Observations. \| Planets--Observations \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data \| Stars -- Observations. \| Varley, Cromwell J. \| Watercolors

14	Creator:	Mills, Frederick Ira,1807-1830.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Notes to Proffessor [sic] Benjamin Siliman's [sic] lectures on chemistry and pharmacy, 1826-1827
	Dates:	1826-1827
	Abstract:	This volume begins with lecture number 23 (1826 December 13) and ends with number 59 (1827 February 21) of Silliman's lectures at Yale College.
	Call #:	Mss.B.M622
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Chemistry \| Education \| Educational Material \| Lecture notes. \| Mills, Frederick Ira,1807-1830. \| Notebooks \| Pharmacy. \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data

15	Creator:	Alexander, William, 1726-1783	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Variation of the compass, 1773
	Dates:	1773
	Abstract:	Written by William Alexander at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, March 27, 1773, this essay appeals to the American Philosophical Society to collect and publish astronomical observations. It was sent to the American Philosophical Society, where it was duly read in May 1773.
	Call #:	Mss.522.76.Al2
	Extent:	1.0 Item(s)
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	Subjects:	Alexander, William, 1726-1783 \| American Philosophical Society. \| Astronomy -- 18th century \| Compass. \| Learned institutions and societies. \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Scientific Data \| Surveying and Maps \| Trade

16	Creator:	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:	This item is a book of calculations, including problems in the elements of astronomy; the calculations of lunar eclipses at Philadelphia, 1747-1761, and of solar eclipses in 1744 and 1752; and Halley's tables of the sun and moon.
	Call #:	Mss.524.G86t
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Astronomy -- Charts, diagrams, etc. \| Eclipses. \| Education \| Grew, Theophilus,d. 1759. \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data \| Sketches. \| Spherical astronomy. \| Tables.

17	Creator:	Roberts, Joseph,1793-1835.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Astronomical calculations,1820-1821
	Dates:	1820-1821
	Abstract:	This volume contains calculations of the distances of stars, eclipses, and longitude, made by William Maule, James Cresson, Joseph Jeanes, James James, and Robert Hutchinson, pupils in the Friends Academy, where Roberts was a teacher.
	Call #:	Mss.524.M44
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Astronomy. \| Cresson, James \| Education \| Educational Material \| Hutchinson, Robert \| James, James. \| Jeanes, Joseph \| Maule, William. \| Meteorological records. \| Meteorology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. \| Roberts, Joseph,1793-1835. \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data

18	Creator:	Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Meteorological observations, 1784
	Dates:	1784
	Abstract:	This volume was made at Wilmington, Delaware, for determining the longitude, from 1 July-14 October. It records the position of selected stars and planets. Contains also: Note regarding his astronomical clock, and entries relative to his work in continuing the Mason & Dixon's line.
	Call #:	Mss.526.62.R51
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Astronomy -- Observations. \| Longitude. \| Maps and Surveys \| Meteorological Data \| Meteorological records. \| Meteorology -- Observations. \| Pennsylvania History \| Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 \| Scientific Data \| Surveying and Maps

19	Creator:	Smith, Thomas P., (Thomas Peters), 1777 or 8-1802	Requires cookie*
	Title:	List of minerals, 1801
	Dates:	1801
	Abstract:	This list was kept on Smith's travels in France and Switzerland, and includes notes by John Vaughan from whose scrapbook these sheets were removed in 1959.
	Call #:	Mss.549.Sm7
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
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	Subjects:	Americans Abroad \| International Travel \| Lists. \| Mineralogy -- France -- History -- 18th century. \| Mineralogy -- Switzerland. \| Minerals -- Classification. \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data \| Smith, Thomas P., (Thomas Peters), 1777 or 8-1802 \| Vaughan, John, 1756-1841

20	Creator:	Treat, John Breck.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Meteorological observations, 1805-1808, made at Arkansas
	Dates:	1805-1808
	Abstract:	Treat sent this volume to Thomas Jefferson in 1809 from "Arkansa in Louisiana," and wrote, "If from their perusal you can derive, either information or amusement, respecting the climate of this part of our country, your acceptance will be highly gratifying."
	Call #:	Mss.551.5.T71
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Arkansas -- Climate. \| Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 \| Meteorological Data \| Meteorological records. \| Meteorology -- Observations -- Arkansas. \| Science and Technology \| Scientific Data \| Treat, John Breck.

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