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Title: The substance of the two memoirs on the new characters to be used in chemistry, to elucidate the systematical synopsis arranged by W. Jackson
Identifier(s): text:360; APSimg6531; Goodman Number: 132; 973 C683 No. 356
Description: According to the text this work was extracted by Jackson from the "Register of the Royal Academy of Sciences" and published to accompany his synopsis (see Goodman #131). The two original memoirs by Adet and Hassenfratz were summarized and reviewed by Antoine Lavoisier, Claude-Louis Berthollet, and Antoine-François de Fourcroy in June 1787.
Creator: Jackson, William
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Chemistry; Chemistry; Symbols
Date: 1799

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
Date: 1841

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
Date: n.d.

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
Date: n.d.

Title: St. John's, Newfoundland.... Table shewing the mean temperature, as also the mean height of the barometer in each month in the 8 years, ending 31st December, 1841--with the extremes of each, and the days on which such extremes occurred. Compiled from observations made by Joseph Templeman, of the Colonial Secretary's Office
Identifier(s): text:1747; APSimg6735; Goodman Number: 176; 973 C683 No. 256
Description: Table showing the average temperature and barmetric pressure for an eight-year period in Newfoundland, Canada.; Oversized.
Creator: Templeman, Joseph
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Meteorology; Meteorology; Temperature; Barometers; Weather
Date: ca. 1842

Title: Sir[,] I take the liberty to inclose to you the proceedings instituted under the authority of the University of the State of New
Identifier(s): text:597; APSimg6749; Goodman Number: 177
Description: Cover letter and four-page document giving resolutions of the Regents of the University of the State of New York regarding meteorological observations. Requires the 56 institutions under its auspices to begin a regular, systematic program of meteorological observation and offers detailed instructions on the exact procedures required to carry out those observations. Autograph signature of S[imeon] DeWitt who sent the document to John Vaughan on November 24, 1825.; Located in folder: DeWitt, Simeon to John Vaughan. 1825 Nov. 24.
Creator: University of the State of New York
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives, Manuscript Communications (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/a/apsmc.xml
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Meteorology; Meteorology; Weather; Temperature
Date: 1825

Title: Lectures on geology. By John Finch, F.B.S. Author of several geological essays
Identifier(s): text:240; APSimg6457; Goodman Number: 146; 973 C683 No. 574
Description: Proposal to offer a series of 12 lectures on geology, probably in Boston. Finch, a British geologist, traveled extensively in the eastern United States and Canada in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century, publishing articles on the geology of the areas he visited in American scientific journals. In 1833 he published a full account of his stay in America under the title Travels in the United States and Canada, containing some account of their scientific institutions, and a few notices of the geology and mineralogy of those countries (London, 1833).
Creator: Finch, John, Esq.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Geology and Mineralogy; Geology; Public speaking
Date: [ca. 1830]

Title: Elementary treatise on mineralogy. Prospectus of a treatise on mineralogy; adapted to the present state of science; including important applications to the arts and manufactures
Identifier(s): text:258; APSimg6458; Goodman Number: 151; 973 C683 No. 419
Description: Elementary treatise on mineralogy. Prospectus of a treatise on mineralogy; adapted to the present state of science; including important applications to the arts and manufactures.; Godon's Elementary treatise was apparently never published.
Creator: Godon, S[ilvain] (ca. 1774-1840)
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Geology and Mineralogy; Minerals; Industry
Date: 1810

Title: Sammlungen von mineralien, petrefakten und krystall-modellen/ Collections de minéraux, de petrifications et modèles de cristaux
Identifier(s): text:250; APSimg6459; Goodman Number: 152; 973 C683 No. 392
Description: German and French in two columns. Advertises that samples sold are perfectly suited for teaching and study.; Torn along the left margin, making it difficult to read portions of the German text on the left half of the page.
Creator: Heidelberger Mineralien-Comptoir
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Geology and Mineralogy; Industry; Minerals
Date: 1828

Title: Sur les gisements de cinq séries de gaz hydrocarbonés provenant des roches paléozoïques de l'Amérique du Nord;
Identifier(s): text:1149; local: APSimg6635; local: 149
Description: Descriptions of natural gas samples and the five localities in North America from which they were collected by Foucou.; Item call number: Pam. v. 1094, no. 14.
Creator: Foucou, Félix, b. 1831et al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Geology and Mineralogy; Natural gas; Geology
Date: 1868

Title: Question des foyers chimiques et lumineux. Des irradiations chimiques au point de vue de la photographie. Par MM. [Francesco] Zantedeschi et [Luigi] Borlinetto. Articolo estratto dal Giornale: La Lumiere, Revue de la photographie. Parigi 10 Gennajo 1857
Identifier(s): text:487; APSimg6663; Goodman Number: 180
Description: Résumé of a mémoire communicated by Zantedeschi and Borlinetto to the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna relative to the importance of photography for detecting chemical irradiations.; Item call number: 500 Pam. v. 6, no. 34.
Creator: Zantedeschi, Francesco, 1797-1873 Borlinetto, Luigi
Source: Science Pamphlet Collection (500 Pam. v. 6);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Light; Photography; Spectrographs
Date: 1857

Title: Figures to denote the force of the wind. [Reverse side:] Letters to denote the state of the weather.
Identifier(s): text:232; APSimg6466; Goodman Number: 165; 973 C683 No. 476
Description: System of symbols to record meteorological data sent by Capt. F[rancis] Beaufort, hydrographer to the British Admiralty, to William Vaughan who, in turn, presented it to the American Philosophical Society, January 14, 1839.
Creator: Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Meteorology; Meteorology; Symbols
Date: [ca. 1839]

Title: To the nobility and gentry in particular, and public in general. Robert Raper, successor to the late famous Addrian Van Brocola, the first inventor and proprietor of the philosophical fire, and the undermentioned chymical preparations, which has gained him great esteem, at the Italian, German, and British Courts
Identifier(s): text:1464; APSimg6451; Goodman Number: 133; 973 C683 No. 523
Description: Inscription: "[illegible] of Union Street[,] Leeds, Honorable Thos. FitzMorris[,] Liverpool.
Creator: Raper, Robert
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Chemistry; Chemistry; Public speaking
Date: n.d.

Title: Table showing the behavior of certain minerals with citric acid alone, and with reagents
Identifier(s): text:252; APSimg6446; Goodman Number: 125; 973 C683 No. 171
Description: Gives the results of the combination of 200 "species" of minerals with citric acid alone and with the addition of NaNo3 and KI.; Those interested in the details of the methods used in the experiments are referred to the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. I, pp. 1 and 153.
Creator: Bolton, Henry Carrington, 1843-1903
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Chemistry; Chemistry; Minerals
Date: 1880

Title: XXXII. On static electrical inductive action. By Michael Faraday, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S. To R. Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. ...Royal Institution, 4th Feb. 1843
Identifier(s): text:485; APSimg6631; Goodman Number: 138
Description: Appear from the number (XXXII) to be part of a series of printed letters from this discoverer of electromagnetic induction and primary architect of classical Field Theory. Illustrated, with two diagrams. ; Item call number: 500 Pam. v. 6, no. 7.
Creator: Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
Source: Science Pamphlet Collection (500 Pam. v. 6);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Electricity; Electricity; Electricity--Experiments
Date: 1843

Title: This society is established for the advancement of astronomical science, by means of discussion, aided by a regular and continued series of observations, and extended correspondence. At a meeting of the members held on Tuesday, July 9, the following subjects were proposed for discussion, on the first Tuesday in each month.... 25, Bartlett's Buildings, Holburn. July 15th, 1839
Identifier(s): text:1447; APSimg6444; Goodman Number: 122; 973 C683 No. 338
Description: Signed in type by W. H. White, chairman of the society, and J. M. Cavliêr, honorary secretary.
Creator: Uranian Society
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Astronomy; Organizations
Date: 1839

Title: Approaching solar eclipse
Identifier(s): text:353; APSimg6527; Goodman Number: 111; 973 C683 No. 39
Description: Includes information regarding the extent of the eclipse in the Philadelphia area, as well as instructions on how it may be safely observed. Also includes a diagram which the represents the eclipse as it will be seen in Philadelphia.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Astronomy; Stargazing; Eclipses
Date: 1806

Title: As seen in a telescope that inverts [printed upside down]. Erect diagram of occulation of [Mercury] by the [Moon].
Identifier(s): text:666; APSimg6667; Goodman Number: 123
Description: Possibly an advertising card for the famed scientific instrument maker Cornelius Varley.; Located in folder: Photographs, prints, etc. of optical instrument makers and materials.
Creator: Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873
Source: Thomas Court Scientific Instruments Collection (Mss.509.078.M582);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Astronomy; Stargazing; Telescopes
Date: 1857

Title: University of Virginia. Examination in natural philosophy. July 14th, 1829
Identifier(s): text:37; APSimg6638; Goodman Number: 183
Description: Twelve question examination contained in the papers of Robert M. Patterson, chemist and natural philosopher, who was professor at the University of Pennsylvania (1813-20), the University of Virginia (1828-1835), and later director of the United States Mint.; Item call number: 510 Pam. xp, no. 7.
Creator: Patterson, Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854
Source: Robert Maskell Patterson Papers (510 Pam. xp);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Physics; Examinations; Education; Universities & colleges
Date: 1829

Title: From the meteorological observations at Gloster Place, two miles south of Natchez. ...Mean temperature of each and every month in the year, and of every year from 1810 to 1818
Identifier(s): text:259; APSimg6468; Goodman Number: 175; 973 C683 No. 305
Description: Signed by Winthrop Sergeant
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Meteorology; Meteorology; Rain; Temperature
Date: [ca. 1819]