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Title: Meteorological observations made at Springmill, 13 miles NNW. from Philadelphia, L. 40°4' N. Month of May, 1789
Identifier(s): text:606; APSimg6611; Goodman Number: 170
Description: One of the regular monthly meteorological observation tables kept by Peter Legaux, a Frenchman who attempted to set up a vineyard outside of Philadelphia. Legaux's observations were widely disseminated in the Columbian Magazine and in the form of broadsides which may have been offprints from that publication. In this greatly expanded meteorological table, Legaux also includes a short description of the "prevailing sickness" of the month. ; See also Goodman #169, 171.
Creator: Legaux, Peter, 1748-1827
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (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
Date: 1789

Title: Scientific lecture. Prof. Edgerton of Michigan has the pleasure of announcing to the citizens of _____ that he will lecture on _____ evening _____ upon the following subjects
Identifier(s): text:386; APSimg6535; Goodman Number: 145; 973 C683 No. 519
Description: Edgerton was an itinerant lecturer who, from the list of topics given in this broadside, spoke primarily of the relationship between geology and Christianity from a catastrophist's point of view. In addition Edgerton also lectured on the "phenomenon and the philosophy of storms."
Creator: Edgerton, Professor
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Geology and Mineralogy; Public speaking; Geology; Christianity; Storms
Date: ca. 1840?

Title: Syllabus of the lectures of Thomas Cooper, Esq. M.D. as professor of geology and mineralogy in the University of Pennsylvania
Identifier(s): text:600; APSimg6608; Goodman Number: 143
Description: Cooper, important as a dessiminator of scientific information and promoter of science in America, was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania from 1815 to 1819 and is best known for the American editions he prepared for several English textbooks and his description of Joseph Priestley's scientific work (see Goodman #128).
Creator: Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/a/apsmc.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Geology and Mineralogy; Geology; Minerals; Public speaking; Universities & colleges
Date: ca. 1815-1819

Title: M_____[,] Monsieur Emmanuel Arago, Monsieur Alfred Arago... . ont l'honneur de vous faire part de la perte douloureuse qu'ils viennent de faire en la personne de M. François Arago...décédé à l'Observatoire de Paris, le 2 octobre 1853, à l'âge de 67 ans
Identifier(s): text:995; APSimg6616; Goodman Number: 182
Description: Notification of the death of the French physicist and astronomer Dominique-Fran_ois-Jean Arago who experimented on physical phenomenon--electricity, magnetism, and light--and who was particularly active in the scientific community of Paris.
Source: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Arago, F. (François), 1786-1853; Announcements
Date: 1853

Title: Circular. American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston, 6th March, 1849.
Identifier(s): text:591; APSimg6604; Goodman Number: 108
Description: An attempt to obtain expressions of support for Schumacher whose astronomical research and publication were endangered by the strained political relations between Denmark and the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Requests that scientific societies in the United States add their written support to that rendered by the world scientific community. Reprints such letters of support from A[lexander] von Humboldt, M. [Dominique-François-Jean] Arago, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Signed in type by Edward Everett, Benjamin Peirce, and J. Ingersoll Bowditch, members of the committee appointed to communicate the academy's position.
Creator: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Astronomy; Astronomical observatories; Organizations; Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780-1850
Date: 1849

Title: The late Robert Were Fox, F.R.S. (Reprinted from the "West Briton" of July 26th, 1877.)
Identifier(s): text:236; APSimg6469; Goodman Number: 181; 973 C683 No. 552
Description: Obituary for Fox who performed numerous experiments in physics and geology, especially relating to the electric currents and changes in temperature of the earth's crust.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Fox, Robert Were, 1789-1877; Geology; Physics
Date: 1877

Title: From the Winchester Virginian. Interesting galvanic experiments. Winchester, June 27, 1833
Identifier(s): text:605; APSimg6607; Goodman Number: 137
Description: Sent to Peter Du Ponceau, president of the American Philosophical Society by John R. W. Dunbar, and read before the society on July 19, 1833. Includes manuscript note in the margin signed by Dunbar who performed a series of electrical experiments on the body of a recently executed criminal. By applying shocks from a battery supplied by Dr. [Julius Timoleon] Ducatel of the University of Maryland, and belonging to Mr. Edmondson, Dunbar was able evoke severe muscular contractions in the corpse.
Creator: Dunbar, John R. W. (John Richard Woodcock), 1805-1871
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: Electricity; Electricity--Experiments; Electric shocks; Dead persons
Date: 1833

Title: Entrance to freshman class. June 22, 1883. [Examination in] Euclid [and]...arithmetic
Identifier(s): text:844; APSimg6706; Goodman Number: 156
Description: Includes five questions in each section. From the papers of John K. Kane. Now housed among the Elisha Kent Kane papers.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Mathematics and Surveying; Examinations; Universities & colleges; Geometry; Mathematics
Date: 1883

Title: Circular of the Joint Committee on Meteorology of the American Philosophical Society and Franklin Institute
Identifier(s): text:607; APSimg6609; Goodman Number: 168
Description: Requests receiver to transmit answers to questions regarding a storm which struck Philadelphia between March 16 and 19, 1838, to William Hamilton, actuary of the Franklin Institute. Signed in type by Robley Dunglison, chairman of the committee and Gouverneur Emerson, secretary. Manuscript note signed by J[ames] P. Espy and added to bottom of the circular requests reader to transmit the circular "to some persons in your district whom you think most likely to furnish the desired information."
Creator: American Philosophical Society and Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Joint Committee on Meteorology
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Meteorology; American Philosophical Society; Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.); Meteorology; Storms
Date: March 20, 1838

Title: Details of the rise and fall of the Mississippi River at Natchez landing, for more than twenty years, by a gentleman who arrived there in August of 1798, and has been since resident in its vicinity
Identifier(s): text:362; APSimg6540; Goodman Number: 174; 973 C683 No. 309
Description: Appears to have been separately printed from a newspaper article. Sergeant's observations of the Mississippi River for the years 1798-1818 were made while he was territorial governor of Mississippi (1798-1801) and then as plantation owner when his reappointment was denied by Jefferson.
Creator: Sergeant, Winthrop, 1753-1820
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Meteorology; Meteorology; Mississippi River - Description and travel
Date: ca. 1819

Title: Essai physico-géométrique, contenant, 1°. La détermination du centre de gravité d'un secteur de cercle quelconque. 2°. La résolution géométrique du problême de la quadrature définie du cercle...
Identifier(s): text:781; APSimg6682; Goodman Number: 162
Description: Prospectus for a book published in 1778. Contains autograph signature of de Vausenville, the name Guillame Le Roberger used for his published works.; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 78.
Creator: Vausenville, Le Rohberg-Herr de
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: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Mathematics and Surveying; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Mathematics; Surveying
Date: 1778

Title: An extract from a letter of the Rev. Mr. John Hellins, formerly assistant to Mr. (now Dr.) Maskelyne, the Astronomer-Royal at Greenwich Observatory, to Francis Maseres, Esq. Dated Potter's Pury, near Stoney Stratford, in Buckinghamshire, Sept. 25, 1792.
Identifier(s): text:1773; APSimg6440; Goodman Number: 117; 973 C683 No. 114
Description: Printed copy of a letter written on behalf of Dr. Maskelyne by his former assistant, John Hellins, in reply to a pamphlet authored by Mr. [Thomas] Mudge. Mudge submitted a chronometer of his own construction for a prize offered by the British Parliament for the determination of longitude at sea. During testing at the Royal Observatory the watch stopped working, leading to claims by Mudge that his device had been improperly handled by the observatory's director, Dr. [Nevil] Maskelyne. In the letter, Hellins details his observation of Maskelyne's great care in moving and winding chronometers.
Creator: Hellins, John, d. 1827
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Clocks & watches; Longitude; Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
Date: 1792

Title: The right ascension and declination of ß bootes adapted to the beginning of the year, 1787
Identifier(s): text:790; APSimg6680; Goodman Number: 116
Description: Manuscript notation at top: "For His Excellency B. Franklin Esqr." Ellicott indicates that ß bootes "may be advantageously used in determining latitude" in the United States. Also includes notation that sector constructed by [David] Rittenhouse was used by Ellicott to make his observations.; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 46.
Creator: Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820
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: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Astronomy; Constellations; Stargazing
Date: ca. 1787

Title: A catalogue of books written by Dr. Joseph Priestley
Identifier(s): text:297; APSimg6529; Goodman Number: 128; 973 C683 No. 21
Description: In addition to listing 108 works authored by Priestley, this broadside also advertises that the autobiographical Memoirs of Doctor Joseph Priestley to the year 1795 (with a continuation to the time of his death by his son) is in the press, as well as Observations on his life by Thomas Cooper and William Christie. The two works were published by Binns as a single volume in 1806.; Oversized. One of the three copies of this broadside is annotated with the publication dates of Priestley's works.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Chemistry; Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804; Chemistry; Liberty; Religion
Date: ca. 1806

Title: Redemptoris typo. Tentamina de electricitate. ...Exercitium istud quod sibi dedicari concessit, présentiâ suâ nobiltabit D. Benjamin Franklin, bene meritorum de electricitate physicorum princeps in Mazarinaeo
Identifier(s): text:787; APSimg6681; Goodman Number: 136
Description: Document announces the defense of a thesis by Louis-Hilaire Fagnan concerning the properties of electricity. Dr. Benjamin Franklin will be present, because the exercise is dedicated to him. See also more complete description with broadside. Includes illustration of Abraham and Isaac.; Hays reference #: Vol. 76, no. 38. Oversized.
Creator: Dumay, Julianus-Maria
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: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Electricity; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Electricity; Public speaking
Date: [1779]

Title: Jubilee of the Right Honorable Professor Lord Kelvin
Identifier(s): text:594; APSimg6752; Goodman Number: 185
Description: Invitation sent to the secretary of the "Philosophical Society, Philadelphia." Signed in type by John Caird, principal and vice-chancellor of the University, and James Bell, Lord Provost of Glasgow.; Oversized.
Creator: University of Glasgow
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907; Anniversaries; Universities & colleges
Date: 1896

Title: [Ticket for] admittance to lectures on mineralogy, by S. Godon
Identifier(s): text:709; APSimg6574; Goodman Number: 150
Description: Ticket for lecture on mineralogy. Manuscript notation on ticket indicates that it was issued to Benjamin Smith Barton in 1809.
Creator: Godon, S[ilvain] (ca. 1774-1840)
Source: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Geology and Mineralogy; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Minerals; Public speaking; Geology
Date: ca. 1809