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Title: "...Circles of the sphere projected on the Meridian Stereographically."
Identifier(s): graphics:3133; APSdigobj3383
Description: Illustrations of the spheres projected on the Meridian.; Page 53
Creator: Dovaston, John,1740-1808
Source: Astronomical Notebook (Mss.522.D75); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.522.D75-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Eclipses; Astronomy--Early works to 1800

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 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: Invention nouvelle. Mécanisme uranographique portatif inventé par Ch. Rouy, à Milan, et adopté par le gouvernement Italien pour tous les lycées et autres établissemens d'éducation
Identifier(s): text:1169; local: APSimg6660; local: 309
Description: Advertises a portable orrery suitable not only for classroom instruction, but also useful for "savans," "littérateurs," and "toutes les personnes qui professent, cultivent ou encouragent les sciences et les beaux-arts." Includes testimonials from the Italian astronomers [Giovanni Angelo de] Cesaris and [Barnaba] Oriani.; Item call number: Pam. v. 1102, no. 6.
Creator: Rouy, Charles, b. 1770et al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Scientific Instruments; Broadside Subdivision:; Astronomy; Astronomical Models; Scientific apparatus
Date: ca. 1812

Title: "A New Construction of An Orrery."
Identifier(s): APSimg4927; APSimg4927
Description: Diagram of Orrery, showing the spin of planets around the sun.; Call Number: 523.28 M36d
Creator: Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782
Source: The description and use of an orrery of a new construction... (523.28.M36d); http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=124366
Subject: Math & Physics; Astronomy--Early works to 1800; Planetariums; Astronomical Models; Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782
Date: 1771

Title: Illustration of the Transit of Venus.
Identifier(s): graphics:6017; APSimg4930
Description: Illustration demonstrating the transit of Venus in the year 1769.; Call Number: 506.73 Am4t v. 1; American Philosophical Society Transactions.
Creator: Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796
Source: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (506.73.Am4t);
Subject: Math & Physics; Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796; Transit of Venus; Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Date: 1768

Title: Symposium: Discoveries in Astronomy. Part V: The Discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background.
Identifier(s): video:1002; 2009_11_007
Description: Dr. Wilson presents a lecture on the discovery of Comic Microwave Background and some near misses.
Subject: History of Science; Astronomy, Discoveries; Cosmic background radiation.; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2009-11-12

Title: Annular eclipse! The agent of the New York Scientific Gazing Society has the pleasure of announcing to the citizens of Oswego, that he has a few tickets left for the accommodation of those wishing to view the great annular eclipse, which takes place this (Friday) afternoon.... Eclipse Office, May 25, 1854.
Identifier(s): text:1440; APSimg6441; Goodman Number: 118; 973 C683 No. 708
Description: Handbill advertising the sale of tickets to view an eclipse through a "solar camera." Also advertises tickets for the "invisible eclipse" to take place in November of the same year for which an auction was to be held Saturday evening previous to the "performance."
Creator: New York Scientific Gazing Society
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Astronomy; Eclipses; Stargazing
Date: 1854

Title: "A projection and Calculation of the Transit of Venus"
Identifier(s): graphics:6010; local: APSimg4928
Description: Diagram showing the transit of Venus.; Call Number: 523.92 P65 No. 6; See also APSimg4930 for David Rittenhouse's similar transit of Venus illustration.
Creator: Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782et al
Subject: Math & Physics; Astronomy--Early works to 1800; Transit of Venus; Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782
Date: 1761

Title: The latest discoveries in astronomy: The globe theory of the earth refuted ...
Identifier(s): text:202772
Subject: Ferguson, Orlando; Earth; Pseudoscience; Cosmogony; Earth -- Orbit; Solar system -- Motion in space; Astronomy
Date: 1891

Title: De System Tychonis Brahei.
Identifier(s): graphics:3139; APSdigobj3373
Description: Graphical representation of Tycho Brahe's astronomical observations.; Page 77
Creator: Evans, David, 1681-1751
Source: Aliquot rudimenta philosophiae sive pauca introductoria compendia, technologiae, logicae, rhetoricae et physicae (Mss.509.Ev5); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.509.Ev5-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601; Physics--Early work to 1800; Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Date: 1747

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: Symposium: Discoveries in Astronomy. Part VI:The Discovery of Pulsars and the Aftermath.
Identifier(s): video:1022; 2009_11_008
Description: Dr. Longair talks about the discovery of pulsars and how it came from a series of "rubbish" and mistakes.
Subject: History of Science; Astronomy, Discovery; Pulsars; University of Cambridge. Cavendish Laboratory; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2009-11-12

Title: Diagram of the earth, showing the path of the transit of Venus.
Identifier(s): APSimg4925; APSimg4925
Description: Call Number: 523.92 P65 No.7
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742
Source: Dr. Halley's disseration on the method of determining the parallax of the sun by the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761. (523.92.P65); http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=507
Subject: Math & Physics; Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742; Transit of Venus; Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Date: 1767

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: Our Simple and Strange Universe
Identifier(s): video:1507
Description: Professor David Spergel discusses theoretical and general relativity and how they effect our view of the universe.
Subject: History of Science; Astrophysics, Study and teaching; Dark matter (Astronomy), Research.; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2017-04-27

Title: The Galactic Center: Unveiling the Pulse of Our Galaxy
Identifier(s): video:1020; 2012_11_015
Description: How do you study something you can't see? Dr. Ghez tells the story of how scientists have found black holes.; Further reading: Science. New Series, Vol. 300, No. 5627 (Jun. 20, 2003), pp. 1898-1903
Subject: History of Science; Stars; Black holes (Astronomy); Milky Way; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2012-11-10

Title: De System Ptolomai.
Identifier(s): graphics:3140; APSdigobj3371
Description: Graphical representation of the Ptolemy theory of celestial bodies, showing the Earth being circled by the Sun and other planets.; Page 75
Creator: Evans, David, 1681-1751
Source: Aliquot rudimenta philosophiae sive pauca introductoria compendia, technologiae, logicae, rhetoricae et physicae (Mss.509.Ev5); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.509.Ev5-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Physics--Early work to 1800; Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Date: 1747

Title: William Lambert to Thomas Jefferson, April 20, 1812.
Identifier(s): APSimg7911; APSimg7911
Creator: Lambert, William, 1772-1824
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives);
Subject: Early American history; Lambert, William, 1772-1824; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Astronomy
Date: 1812 April 20

Title: William Lambert to Thomas Jefferson, April 23, 1812.
Identifier(s): APSimg7912; APSimg7912
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives);
Subject: Early American history; Lambert, William, 1772-1824; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; American Philosophical Society; Astronomy
Date: 1812 April 23