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Title: The Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History, continue to be published, accompanied with the plates necessary for the illustration of the respective memoirs. Two volumes, containing thirty-six plates, and nearly 900 pages letter press, are now completed
Identifier(s): text:1915; local: APSimg6629; local: 98
Description: Volume 1 of the Annals was published in 1823. In 1876 the Lyceum of Natural History was transformed into the New York Academy of Sciences.; Item call number: Pam. v. 1160, no. 10.
Creator: Lyceum of Natural History (New York, N.Y.)et al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: General Publications; Natural history

Title: Thermometrical table, on the scales of Fahrenheit, Centigrade and Reaumur comprising the most remarkable phenomena chemical and physiological connected with temperature, by Alfred S. Taylor, lecturer on chemistry in Guy's Hospital
Identifier(s): text:332; APSimg6542; Goodman Number: 184; 973 C683 No. 529
Description: Elaborate table arranged around the image of a thermometer, noting the temperatures at which various elements and substances boil, melt, solidify, freeze, etc. Also contains mean temperatures of numerous places across the globe.; In addition to his posts as lecturer of chemistry and medical jurisprudence at Guy's Hospital, Taylor was also involved in the early investigation into the chemical processes of photography.
Creator: Taylor, Alfred Swaine, 1806-1880
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Chemistry; Meteorology; Temperature

Title: Dem Rector und Lehrer-Collegium des Gymnasiums zu Görlitz
Identifier(s): text:384; APSimg6518; Goodman Number: 39; 973 C683 No. 472
Description: Reproduces address delivered in honor of the three-hundreth anniversary of the gymnasium which indicates that the school has had a science-based curriculum since its inception during the Renaissance.; Oversized.
Creator: Oberlausitzische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Education; Schools; Science; Anniversaries

Title: Notice de livres au rabais qui se trouvent chez Saugrain, libraire, quai des augustins, jusqu'au premier juin prochain; passé lequel temps on les paiera leurs prix ordinaires
Identifier(s): text:785; APSimg6678; Goodman Number: 105
Description: Notice and list of reduced-price books for sale by seller Saugrain. Includes Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756) by de Brosses and Mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Prusse (1768).; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 77.
Creator: Saugrain
Source: Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: General Publications; Broadside Subdivision: ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Bookselling

Title: Discovery of viviparous fish in Louisiana. New Orleans, Nov. 1, 1854
Identifier(s): text:559; APSimg6645; Goodman Number: 220
Description: Reprinted from the New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal.; Item call number: 590 Pam. v. 14, no. 2.
Creator: Dowler, Bennet, 1797-1879
Source: Zoological Pamphlet Collection (590 Pam. v. 14);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Zoology; Natural history; Fish

Title: An account of some parhelia observed at Milford and Camden, Delaware, March 14th, 1841
Identifier(s): text:1084; local: APSimg6630; local: 113
Description: Relates accounts and reproduces drawings of a parhelia by A. Jackson of Camden, Delaware, David Straughn of Milford, Delaware, and Thomas Oliver of Philadelphia. Correlates the reports of stormy weather in Pennsylvania (from meteorological records kept at the Franklin Institute) with the appearance of the astronomical phenomena. Includes two illustrated figures of the parhelia.; Item call number: Pam. v. 139, no. 6.
Creator: Chaloner, A. Denman.et al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Stargazing; Sun; Storms

Title: Tables of natural sines and natural tangents, for the use of field parties of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, 1875.
Identifier(s): text:238; APSimg6464; Goodman Number: 161; 973 C683 No. 669
Description: Tables of natural sines and natural tangents, for the use of field parties of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, 1875. [Page 4:] Table of natural tangents for each 30'', from 0o to 10o, prepared...by Otis H. Kendall, instructor in mathematics, University of Pennsylvania.
Creator: Kendall, Otis H.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Mathematics and Surveying; Mathematics; Surveying

Title: The formation and progress of settlements, and wars with the Indians [etc.]
Identifier(s): text:368; APSimg6510; Goodman Number: 324; 973 C683 No. 431
Description: A series of inquiries to be made by travelers. Includes questions on Indians, militia, slaves, sects, charitable institutions, colleges and academies, public works, principal manufacturers, agriculture, relief for the poor, administration of justice, and prevailing diseases.; Handwritten on the first page: "Enquiries to be made by Travel[ers]. Statistical Re"
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Travel; Sociology

Title: Natural History Society. Founded May 6, 1869. [List of] officers,...executive committee, [and]...members [for 1890]
Identifier(s): text:340; APSimg6517; Goodman Number: 37; 973 C683 No. 258
Description: Reproduced in the 1955 Christmas greeting card of Anna Allen and Albert Hazen Wright. Facsimile. Includes and illustration of an animal border surrounding the list of officers.
Creator: Natural History Society of Cornell
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Natural history; Organizations

Title: From the Utica Morning Herald, January 11, 1893. Local historians. Annual meeting of the Oneida Historical Society. Officers elected
Identifier(s): text:1026; APSimg6624; Goodman Number: 45
Description: Document summarizing the proceedings of a meeting of the Oneida Historical Society. Appears to be an offprint from the Utica Morning Herald. The Oneida Historical Society was founded in 1876 and continues to exist today.; Item call number: Pam. v. 89, no. 29.
Creator: Oneida Historical Society at Utica
Source: Pamphlet Collection (Pam. v. 89);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Historical societies; Judicial proceedings

Title: Dr. Rees's New cyclopedia. Samuel F. Bradford is preparing to publish by subscription the New cyclopedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts and sciences, in twenty volumes quarto
Identifier(s): text:337; APSimg6734; Goodman Number: 102; 973 C683 No. 406
Description: Prospectus for an American edition of a new dictionary of arts and sciences based upon Chamber's Dictionary, also edited by Abraham Rees. Includes a lengthy list of contributors to the dictionary.; Oversized.
Creator: Rees, Abraham, 1743-1825
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: General Publications; Broadside Subdivision: ; Encyclopedias & dictionaries; Science

Title: Thomas Dobson, no. 41, South Second Street, Philadelphia, having happily completed the American edition of the Encyclopedia, in eighteen volumes, has been repeatedly urged, by many of his most zealous patrons of that work, to offer a proposal for publishing a supplement to the Encyclopedia; in which the mistakes of former volumes might be corrected, and some account given of the recent discoveries of greatest importance
Identifier(s): text:1603; APSimg6628; Goodman Number: 91
Description: According to the broadside, the supplement was to be based on the work of the Rev. George Gleig, the editor of the "last six volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica." Specifically mentions mechanics, chemistry, engines, machines, mills, watch and clock making, dynamics, astronomy, electricity, and magnetism as subjects areas to be brought up to date in the supplement.; Item call number: 308 Pam., no. 69
Creator: Dobson, Thomas, 1751-1823
Source: Pamphlet Collection (308 Pam.);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: General Publications; Broadside Subdivision: ; Encyclopedias & dictionaries; Science

Title: The analysis of a lecture upon the eidouranion; or astronomical lucernal, explaining the courses, distances, situations, magnitudes and motions of the heavenly bodies
Identifier(s): text:151; APSimg6439; Goodman Number: 110; 973 C683 No. 102
Description: Includes list of illustrations to be exhibited during the lecture. Manuscript note indicates that the broadside was presented to the American Philosophical Society by Thomas Stewardson, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, April 1897.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Astronomy; Public speaking; Stargazing

Title: North east entrance in Kensington Road. Admit the bearer to the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Hall of Arts & Sciences, Kensington Gore
Identifier(s): text:315; APSimg6515; Goodman Number: 349; 973 C683 No. 677
Description: Ticket to admit the bearer to the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Hall of Arts & Sciences, Kensington Gore.
Creator: Kensington Gore Hall of Arts and Sciences
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Miscellaneous; Broadside Subdivision: ; Building dedications; Educational facilities

Title: North America. A working map for illustrating, by coloration, the geographical distribution of life. Prepared for the Boston Society of Natural History by William C. Cleveland
Identifier(s): text:1198; local: APSimg6652; local: 239
Description: On back of map is attached a circular letter from Samuel H. Scudder of the Boston Society of Natural History describing it as a sample of one the society is selling, "designed for marking, by pencil or water-colours, the limits of known distribution of a given species of animals or plants over the area delimited."; Item call number: Pam. v. 1218, no. 4.
Creator: Cleveland, William C.et al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Geography; Maps; Natural history

Title: Amusement here with science is combin'd, to please, improve, and cultivate the mind
Identifier(s): text:137; APSimg6412; Goodman Number: 63; 973 C683 No. 164
Description: This broadside, apparently made up of parts clipped from a larger item and pasted together, is possibly an advertisement for Peale's Museum. Ill.: wood engraving by Lansing of eagle holding shield and arrows.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Museums and Menageries; Galleries & museums; Advertisements

Title: Circular. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dear Sir:-- At a late meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Cambridge, Mass., the standing committee was directed, by a general vote of that body, to contract for the publication of the proceedings of the meeting. ...Cambridge, October 5, 1849
Identifier(s): text:1766; APSimg6401; Goodman Number: 4; 973 C683 No. 297
Description: Signed in type by Jeffries Wyman, Louis Agassiz, Benjamin Peirce, Charles H. Davis, Asa Gray, Henry D. Rogers, and E. N. Horsford, members of the committee requested to oversee publication of the proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Creator: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Organizations; Science; Fund raising

Title: Notice sur le Musée des antiques, dessiné et gravé par P. Bouillon, avec des notices explicatives par Mr. de St. Victor./ Prospectus of the Museum of antiquities, designed and engraved by Mr. Bouillon, with explanatory notes by Mr. de St. Victor
Identifier(s): text:308; APSimg6493; Goodman Number: 257; 973 C683 No. 508
Description: Back of one page contains note to [Thomas] Sully written by Lewis D. Belair, February 28, 1818. Note on document indicates that M. L. Binsse of New York was authorized to obtain subscribers to the work at Paris cost.; French and English in double columns.
Creator: Bouillon, Pierre, 1776-1831
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Archaeology and Antiquities; Antiquities; Galleries & museums

Title: General considerations showing the impolicy of the adoption by Congress of the recommendation of the secretary of the Navy to transfer the Coast and Geodetic Survey from the Treasury to the Navy Department
Identifier(s): text:312; APSimg6537; Goodman Number: 160; 973 C683 No. 76
Description: Broadside arguing against a proposed move of the Coast and Geodetic Survey from the Treasury to the Navy Department.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Mathematics and Surveying; Surveying; Coastlines; Navies

Title: This is to certify that _____ of _____ was this __ day of _____ 18__, admitted and sworn to the freedom of the above named Company
Identifier(s): text:663; APSimg6672; Goodman Number: 313
Description: Certificate of membership for the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, London, which includes the seal and oath of the organization.
Creator: Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers (Great Britain)
Source: Thomas Court Scientific Instruments Collection (Mss.509.078.M582);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Scientific Instruments; Broadside Subdivision: ; Eyeglasses; Organizations; Optical industry