Premiums. The American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, in order the more effectually to answer the ends of their institution, have agreed to appropriate,
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Premiums. The American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, in order the more effectually to answer the ends of their institution, have agreed to appropriate, annually, a part of their funds to be disposed of in premiums to the authors of the best performances, inventions, or improvements, relative to certain specific subjects of useful knowledge. The following premiums, therefore, are now proposed by the society. | ||
| IDENTIFIERS | |||
| Legacy Identifier | APSimg6516 | ||
| Goodman Number | 11 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| creator | American Philosophical Society | ||
| contributor | Barton, William, 1754-1817; Bleakley, John | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Includes information on seven premiums offered by the society for the best entries in the following categories: system of liberal education, method for computing longitude by lunar observation, improvement of a ship's pump, improvement of stoves, method of preventing premature decay of peach trees, experimental treatise on vegetable dyes, and improvement of lamps. Also includes a notice of the conditions of the Magellanic premium. Note at base of this broadside requests printers of "newspapers and other periodical publications, in the United States and in Europe" to "republish the above information." Signed in type by W[illiam] Barton and John Bleakley, secretaries of the American Philosophical Society. | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Subject (local) | Broadsides | ||
| Subject (local) | Broadside Class: Science | ||
| Subject (local) | Broadside Division: Institutions | ||
| Subject (local) | Broadside Subdivision: Societies | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Awards | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Education | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Longitude | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Inventions | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Broadsides | ||
| Extent | 33.5 cm. x 41 cm. | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1796 | ||
| Publisher | Philadelphia | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Broadsides Collection | ||
| Call Number | 973 C683 | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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