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Title: Closing exercises of the term. Thursday, February 12th, 1846
Identifier(s): text:838; APSimg6708; Goodman Number: 344
Description: Includes two essays to be read on science and lists of students completing the 2 and 4 year courses. Valedictory address given by R. Patterson Kane.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Central High School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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: Miscellaneous; Broadside Subdivision: ; Schools; Education; Graduation ceremonies
Date: 1846

Title: Description of the atmospheric recorder, or self-registering apparatus for the various changes of the barometer, thermometer, hygrometer, electrometer, pluviometer, and evaporator, and of the force and direction of the wind. Arranged and manufactured by G. Dollond, optician to Her Majesty
Identifier(s): text:1750; APSimg6553; Goodman Number: 297; 973 C683 No. 728
Description: Includes description of how data is recorded by specially weighted pencils on an automatically moving roller. Also includes illustration of the atmospheric recorder and "representation of one day's work."; See annotation to Goodman #298 for information on the Dollond business.
Creator: Dollond, George, 1774-1852
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Scientific Instruments; Broadside Subdivision: ; Meteorological instruments; Meteorology
Date: n.d.

Title: Notice. Books, specimens, or communications sent from foreign countries to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, should be addressed to _____ London
Identifier(s): text:608; APSimg6601; Goodman Number: 53
Description: Blank filled in in manuscript: "Mr. Benjamin Bromley, British Museum in." Sent from the Royal Society of Edinburgh to the American Philosophical Society on December 28 1836, with manuscript note attached.
Creator: Royal Society of Edinburgh
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: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Natural history; Organizations
Date: ca. 1836

Title: Members
Identifier(s): text:83; APSimg6394; Goodman Number: 24; 973 C683 No. 660
Description: Member list of club. Lists the following as members of the club: C. S. Boker, J. Darrach, Franklin B. Gowen, Isaac Hinckley, W[illia]m Hunt, J. H. Hutchinson, J. L. Le Conte, J. Leidy, S. Weir Mitchell, J. Cheston Morris, J. H. Packard, R. A. F. Penrose, Aubrey H. Smith, Cha[rle]s E. Smith, Caspar Wister, Walter F. Atlee, W. A. Hammond, and Samuel Powell.
Creator: Biological Club
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Organizations
Date: n.d.

Title: Halley's Comet as seen on the 22nd and 24th of October, 1835, in the 25 feet achromatic telescope of E. J. Cooper, Esqr. M.D.
Identifier(s): text:601; APSimg6606; Goodman Number: 114
Description: Inscription indicates that this document was presented to the American Philosophical Society by William Vaughan, September 16, 1835. Includes illustration of Halley's Comet.
Creator: Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798-1863
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; Comets; Stargazing
Date: ca. 1835

Title: Societatis Linguam Universalem, scientiarum ac negotiorum ancillam, fundantium internationalis. Ratio et descriptio
Identifier(s): text:1127; local: APSimg6658; local: 280
Description: Society formed for the promotion of an international language, Volapük. The American Philosophical Society Library also contains numerous other broadsides relating to this language, mostly diplomas from individuals having completed Volapük courses and poems written in the language.; Item call number: Pam. v. 891, no. 12.
Creator: Societatis Linguam Universalemet al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Language; Linguistics; Volapük
Date: [1889?]

Title: Nouvelle analyse de la lumière du spectre solaire. Par MM. [Sir David] Brewster et [Francesco] Zantedeschi...Articolo estratto dal Giornale: La Lumière. Revue de la Photographie. Parigi 25 Luglio 1857
Identifier(s): text:488; APSimg6637; Goodman Number: 179
Description: New analysis of the light of the solar spectrum by [Sir David] Brewster and Francesco Zantedeschi. Article extracted from the journal La Lumière, Review of Photography; Item call number: 500 Pam. v. 6, no. 35
Creator: Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868 Zantedeschi, Francesco, 1797-1873; Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868 Zantedeschi, Francesco, 1797-1873
Source: Science Pamphlet Collection (500 Pam. v. 6);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Light; Sun; Colors
Date: 1857

Title: La camera lucida applicata alla fotografia dei prototipi del mondo esteriore ossia delle immagini impresse sulla retina dell'occhio
Identifier(s): text:1099; local: APSimg6639; local: 186
Description: Reproduces letter from Francesco Carlini, Italian astronomer and mathematician, in which Carlini speaks of photographing the eyes of a murderer in order to see the images of his victims impressed on his retina. Zantedeschi was an Italian physicist responsible for over three hundred scientific articles--chiefly on electricity, light, and magnetism.; Item call number: Pam. v. 365, no. 7.
Creator: Zantedeschi, Francesco, 1797-1873et al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Photography; Homicides; Pseudo science
Date: 1863

Title: Phrenological chart, or else: a physiognomico-craniological delineation of the person of M ______.
Identifier(s): text:373; APSimg6745; Goodman Number: 286; 973 C683 No. 325
Description: Extra oversized phrenological chart, with an explanation of the physiognomico-craniological system. Includes illustrations: four phrenological bust outlines.; Small fragment missing from the right center of broadside.
Creator: Zender, J. D. L. (Joachim Denis Laurent), b. 1805
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Phrenology; Phrenology; Pseudo science
Date: 1839

Title: Laussane, le _____ 178_. M-----[,] Nous avons l'honneur de vous donner avis, d'une entreprise que nous venons de faire, & ...
Identifier(s): text:798; APSimg6679; Goodman Number: 107
Description: Prospectus sent to Benjamin Franklin on December 28, 1783.; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 69.
Creator: Société Typographique
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; Encyclopedias & dictionaries
Date: 1783

Title: The ladies and gentlemen of Yarmouth are most respectfully informed, that Master Bidder, the celebrated mental calculator, will exhibit his surprising powers, at the Concert-Room, on Friday and Saturday next
Identifier(s): text:974; APSimg6694; Goodman Number: 334
Description: Broadside advertising the appearance of the "celebrated mental calculator" George Bidders. Autographed inscription by Bidder: "Samuel Paget, Esqr., August 7, 1819. George Bidder."; See also Goodman #335.
Creator: Bidder, George Parker, 1806-1878
Source: Sir James Paget Letters (Mss.B.P212);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: "Pseudo Science"; Broadside Subdivision: ; Pseudo science; Mathematics; Entertainment
Date: [ca. 1819]

Title: Sir[,] These are to give notice that on the thirteenth day of November 179_, being St. Andrew's Day, the council and officers of the Royal Society are to be elected...at which election, your presence is expected
Identifier(s): text:976; APSimg6693; Goodman Number: 55
Description: Autograph signature of Jos[eph] Banks. Sent to [Charles] Burney, November 21, 1794. Date of election has been crossed out in document and changed in manuscript from November 13th to December 1st.
Creator: Royal Society (Great Britain)
Source: Sir James Paget Letters (Mss.B.P212);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Meetings; Organizations; Natural history
Date: 1794

Title: Paris, ce _____. -----[,] Je suis devenu seul propriétaire de la manufacture de produits chimiques, située enceinte de l'Abbaye St.-Germain, rue du Colombieu, no. 23, près de mon laboratoire d'instruction
Identifier(s): text:819; APSimg6696; Goodman Number: 135
Description: Circular letter sent from Vaquelin to [Giovanni Fabbroni], May 18, 1807.
Creator: Vauquelin, Louis Nicolas, 1763-1829
Source: Giovanni Valentino Mattia Fabbroni Papers (Mss.B.F113);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Chemistry; Chemistry; Chemicals; Scientific apparatus
Date: 1807

Title: Collections de roches et de petrifications par livraisons. Comptoir de Minéraux à Heidelberg. En decembre 1826 nous instruisimes le public de notre project de fourner par livraisons des collections de roches et de petrifications, à un prix moderé. ...nous nous sommes déterminé à annoncer une second édition des collections de roches et de pétrifications par livraisons
Identifier(s): text:1477; APSimg6460; Goodman Number: 153; 973 C683 No. 393
Description: An attempt by an enterprising mineral dealer from Heidelberg to sell entire rock collections in parts.
Creator: Heidelberger Mineralien-Comptoir
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Geology and Mineralogy; Minerals; Selling
Date: [1832]

Title: University of Pennsylvania, (Faculty of arts.) October 25th, 1867. A very important change having been made in the system of instruction in the university...a circular was issued, on the 9th of September, by the faculty, containing a detailed statement of the new plan. ...Since the opening of the term, several slight...modifications having been adopted, it is thought best to issue...a full explanation of the new system
Identifier(s): text:1393; APSimg6423; Goodman Number: 87; 973 C683 No. 205
Description: Gives course of studies for the bachelor of arts degree including the following science-related subjects: mathematics, chemistry, physics, physical astronomy, and geography. Signed in type by Francis A. Parkman, secretary of the board of trustees.
Creator: University of Pennsylvania
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Education; Universities & colleges; Science
Date: 1867

Title: Observations météorologiques, faites à Flacq, Ile Maurice, par M. Julien Desjardins, pendant l'année 1838
Identifier(s): text:325; APSimg6743; Goodman Number: 167; 973 C683 No. 266
Description: Meteorological observations from this native of Mauritius who studied engineering in France and returned to the island of his birth to help found the Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Ile Maurice in 1829.; Extra oversized.
Creator: Desjardins, Julien François, 1799-1840
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Meteorology; Meteorology; Weather
Date: [1839]

Title: Direction générale du Bulletin universel des sciences et de l'industrie, Établie à Paris, rue de l'Abbaye, no. 3. ...Paris, ce 1er. janvier 1824
Identifier(s): text:134; APSimg6432; Goodman Number: 94; 973 C683 No. 343
Description: Prospectus for periodical attempting to establish a regular international communication between "savans, l'industrie, et la librairie de diverses contrées civilisées."; A different version of Goodman #93.
Creator: Férussac, André-Etienne-Just-Pascal-Joseph-François d'Audebard, baron de, 1786-1836
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: General Publications; Broadside Subdivision: ; Periodicals; Science
Date: 1824

Title: Royal Birth. On Thursday, May 22, 1817, the largest lioness in the kingdom, produced two beautiful whelps, male and female (of which one is now living) at the Royal Menagerie, Exeter 'Change, Strand, London, which has recently been substantially improved, by E. Cross, successor to the late S. Polito
Identifier(s): text:1760; APSimg6525; Goodman Number: 76; 973 C683 No. 743
Description: In 1817, the same year this broadside was issued, the menagerie at Exeter Change again changed hands when Edward Cross, an experienced traveling showman and animal dealer, bought the collection. Under Cross the menagerie experienced a phenomenal growth in both its collections and its popularity.
Creator: Royal Menagerie, London
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Museums and Menageries; Natural history; Zoos
Date: ca. 1817

Title: Report of the Boston committee, appointed by the meeting of merchants and others, on the subject of procuring a telescope of the first class, for astronomical observations, &c.
Identifier(s): text:131; APSimg6443; Goodman Number: 121; 973 C683 No. 449
Description: Gives succinct view of the importance of telescopes in science and commerce in an effort to garner support for the purchase of a high quality telescope in Boston. Especially stresses the role of astronomical observation in navigation. Signed in type by John Pickering, Francis C. Gray, Jona[than] Phillips, W[illia]m Appleton, and Israel Lombard, members of the committee.
Creator: Boston Committee
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Longitude; Telescopes
Date: 1843

Title: Philadelphia, November 1, 1776. Sir, Your company is requested at the Philosophical Society Hall, this evening at six o'clock, on business of importance
Identifier(s): text:592; APSimg6598; Goodman Number: 9
Description: Invitation to attend a meeting at Philosophical Society Hall.
Creator: American Philosophical Society
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: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; American Philosophical Society--Meetings; Organizations
Date: 1776