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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: Prospectus of the second series of the American journal of science and arts
Identifier(s): text:990; APSimg6700; Goodman Number: 106
Description: Originally enclosed in a letter written from Benjamin Silliman, Jr. to Charles Wilkes on December 20, 1845.
Creator: Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885 Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895
Source: Benjamin Silliman Collection (Mss.B.Si4);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: General Publications; Broadside Subdivision: ; Natural history; Periodicals
Date: 1845

Title: From the Utica Morning Herald, April 12, 1892. Oneida Historians[.] Listen to an address on "The Oneida Institute." Dr. Smith Baker the speaker at the monthly meeting of the society- -business transacted
Identifier(s): text:1024; APSimg6622; Goodman Number: 43
Description: Incomplete, one-page expcerpt of a 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. 27.
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; Seminaries
Date: 1892

Title: Maison d'éducation et école de mathématiques, sous l'autorité & la jurisdiction de Monsieur le Chantre de l'Église de Paris...[et] sous la direction de M. Arnauld
Identifier(s): text:780; APSimg6676; Goodman Number: 82
Description: Advertisement for a House of Education and School of Mathematics under the direction of Mr. Arnauld, promising a distinguished education in a vast house with a good environment. Originally enclosed with letter from Arnauld to Benjamin Franklin, November 26, 1782 (see B:F85:vol.26:no.72).; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 86.
Creator: Arnauld
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: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Education; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Education; Mathematics
Date: 1782

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: Tickets of admission to Zoological Garden, Philadelphia
Identifier(s): text:148; APSimg6420; Goodman Number: 81; 973 C683 No. 707
Description: Three different tickets of admission for the Zoological Garden, Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Zoological Society was incorporated in 1859 and its Zoological Garden opened in 1874, making it among the first permanent zoos in the United States.
Creator: Zoological Society of Philadelphia
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Museums and Menageries; Tickets; Zoos
Date: n.d.

Title: Iconografia della fauna Italica di Carlo Luciano Bonaparte Principe di Musignano. Prospetto
Identifier(s): text:383; APSimg6480; Goodman Number: 217; 973 C683 No. 270
Description: Prospectus for a work by this ornithologist and nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte who came to America in 1823 to research a supplement to Alexander Wilson's American ornithology. Returning to Europe at the age of 25, Bonaparte went on to publish numerous ornithological studies and other more general zoological works like the one advertised in this prospectus.
Creator: Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Zoology; Animals; Zoology
Date: 1832

Title: Missourium theristrocaulodon, or Leviathan missouriensis open for exhibition, in the saloon at the rere of Tommey's Hotel, entrance in Great Britain-Street, (opposite the Lying-in-Hospital.) Particular description and explanations given every day at 3o'c
Identifier(s): text:1763; APSimg6475; Goodman Number: 208; 973 C683 No. 484
Description: Advertises one of several sets of skeletal remains of large, New World creatures exhumed by this German-born scientist- showman, who made a living exhibiting his finds for a fee and selling them to museums after their immediate popular appeal had diminished. This particular skeleton, which Richard Owen argued was a species of Mastodon when Koch brought it to London for exhibit, was sold to the British Museum in 1844.; Includes illustration of a man standing beneath a fossil skeleton, with another man riding an elephant next to it.
Creator: Koch, Albert C.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Paleontology; Fossils; Skeletons; Mammoths; Mastodons; Paleontology
Date: [1843]

Title: Philadelphia Meeting, 1884. Sir:-- I have the honor to inform you that at a recent meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia, you were elected a member of the local committee for the reception of the British and American Associations for the Advancement of Science, who will meet in this city in September, 1884
Identifier(s): text:1761; APSimg 6388; Goodman Number: 5; 973 C683 No. 643
Description: Form letter signed in type by Joseph Leidy, chairman of the local committee and H. Carvill Lewis, secretary.
Creator: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Membership campaigns; Organizations
Date: 1884

Title: [Phrenological chart fragment]
Identifier(s): text:329; APSimg6551; Goodman Number: 282; 973 C683 No. 257
Description: Fragment of a phrenological chart, containing manuscript notes on the reverse, as well as the inscription: "Mr. Fowler's decision on my phrenological traits in 1836. H. R. S."; The chart is torn along the righthand side, rendering some words illegible.
Creator: Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Phrenology; Phrenology; Pseudo science
Date: [ca. 1835-1836]

Title: Liste des membres qui composent la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Ile Maurice. 1er[.] septembre 1836
Identifier(s): text:136; APSimg6410; Goodman Number: 58; 973 C683 No. 377
Description: Last page of document lists rules and gives a short history of the society.
Creator: Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Ile Maurice
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Organizations; Natural history
Date: 1836

Title: Rooms of the Amer. Philosophical Soc.[,] Philadelphia, _____ 1863. To the secretary of the _____[.] Sir: You will please find at the rooms of the _____ a package of our publications
Identifier(s): text:76; APSimg6390; Goodman Number: 16; 973 C683 No. 496
Description: Blank form concerning the shipment of APS publications. Signed in type by J. Peter Lesley, librarian and junior secretary.
Creator: American Philosophical Society
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Forms (Documents); Organizations
Date: 1863

Title: ABCDE...
Identifier(s): text:309; APSimg6494; Goodman Number: 267; 973 C683 No. 538
Description: Alphabet and number card for the instruction of Eskimos in Labrador.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Alphabets (Writing systems); Linguistics; Eskimos
Date: [ca. 1850?]

Title: Nouveau spectromètre de Monsieur [Francesco] Zantedeschi. Articolo estratto dal Giornale: La Lumière. Revue de la Photographie. Parigi 20 Dicembre 1856
Identifier(s): text:486; local: APSimg6659; local: 303
Description: Description of spectrometer constructed by Porro at Zantedeschi's request and of the latter's contribution to current research into the nature and properties of light.; Item call number: 500 Pam. v. 6, no. 33.
Creator: Zantedeschi, Francesco, 1797-1873
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Scientific Instruments; Broadside Subdivision:; Light; Scientific equipment
Date: 1857

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: Description of Allan Pollock's patent scale beam. ...All orders for balances for banks, or for hydrostatic weighing, weights and other apparatus, carefully attended to.... Also, a great variety of philosophical instruments, made by Allan Pollock, No. 1, Carver-Street, Boston.
Identifier(s): text:1780; APSimg6506; Goodman Number: 307; 973 C683 No. 300
Description: Description of Allan Pollock's patent scale beam. Includes an illustration of the beam.
Creator: Pollock, Allan
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Scientific Instruments; Broadside Subdivision: ; Scales; Weights & measures
Date: n.d.

Title: The following geographical works have been published by John Melish, and are for sale, at the prices annexed
Identifier(s): text:303; APSimg6514; Goodman Number: 348; 973 C683 No. 77
Description: John Melish, born in Scotland and trained as a cotton merchant, began taking notes during his business travels in the United States on the geography, politics, and social life of the areas he visited. When he settled in Philadelphia in 1812, he published a two volume work, Travels in the United States, and soon thereafter began a highly succesful map publication firm.
Creator: Melish, John, 1771-1822
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Miscellaneous; Broadside Subdivision: ; Geography; Discovery & exploration; Maps
Date: ca. 1815

Title: Great American mastodon!! Now exhibiting at the hall
Identifier(s): text:349; APSimg6744; Goodman Number: 207; 973 C683 No. 477
Description: Indicates that James Darrach will be in attendance with the mastodon to answer all questions of visitors. This nearly complete mastodon skeleton, known as the Warren mastodon, was exhumed by Nathaniel Brewster and A. J. Prime from Orange County, New York, the same county in which Charles Willson Peale had found his mastodon remains nearly fifty years earlier (see #71 above). After mounting by Prime, the skeleton was exhibited in New York State and in various New England towns before being sold to Dr. John Collins Warren of Boston. Warren's heirs, in turn, sold the remains to the American Museum of Natural History in 1907.; Extra oversized.
Creator: Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Biological Science; Broadside Subdivision: Paleontology; Natural history; Paleontology; Mastodons
Date: [1845]

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]