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Title: Millard F. Manning - Correspondence, Folder 2, 1940-1942
Identifier(s): text:215349
Subject: Slater, John C. (John Clarke), 1900-1976; Manning, Mildred, 1890-1963; Physics
Date: 1940-1942

Title: W. F. G. Swann, at awards ceremony, Dr. Adams receiving Franklin Medal.
Identifier(s): graphics:3189; APSimg7748; Graphics Number: F8-40-19
Description: Swann, Dr. Adams, and three unidentified men standing at awards ceremony.
Creator: Barton, J. J.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Swann, William Francis Gray, 1884-1962; Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: n. d.

Title: Paul Ehrenfest, J. M. Burgers and Father Burgers.
Identifier(s): graphics:3116; APSimg7550; Graphics Number: U4-7-26
Description: Half length group portrait of Ehrenfest, Burgers and Burgers sitting at table.
Source: Archive for the History of Quantum Physics (Mss.530.1.Ar2); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.530.1.Ar2-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Burgers, J. M. (Jan Martinus), 1895-1981; Ehrenfest, Paul, 1880-1933; Physicists; Quantum mechanics
Date: ca. 1917

Title: W. F. G. Swann, full length view, examining equipment.
Identifier(s): graphics:3237; APSimg7781; Graphics Number: F8-42-12
Description: Full length view of Swann, inspecting equipment.
Creator: Muller, Gladys
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Swann, William Francis Gray, 1884-1962; Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: n. d.

Title: Reiche, Polh, Ladenburg, Born and Hahn at St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1925.
Identifier(s): graphics:3124; APSimg7559; Graphics Number: U5-7-16
Description: Group portrait of five men seated and six unidentified women standing.
Source: Archive for the History of Quantum Physics (Mss.530.1.Ar2); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.530.1.Ar2-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Reiche, F. (Fritz), 1883-1969; Born, Max, 1882-1970; Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968; Physicists
Date: 1925

Title: "Constructing Largest Balloon Every Built," postcard.
Identifier(s): graphics:3340; APSimg7847; Graphics Number: U5-7-110
Description: View of deflated balloon being spread out and held by circle of people.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935

Title: Two unidentified men examining equipment.
Identifier(s): graphics:3205; APSimg7777; Graphics Number: F8-42-8
Description: Two men looking at equipment.
Creator: Muller, Gladys
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Swann, William Francis Gray, 1884-1962; Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: n. d.

Title: W. F. G. Swann and Niels Bohr, at Franklin Institute.
Identifier(s): graphics:3187; APSimg7745; Graphics Number: F8-40-16
Description: Half length, group portrait of Swann and Bohr.; Photograph has "Proof" stamp; additional information contained in corresponding article, accompanying this
Creator: Acme Newspictures, Inc.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Swann, William Francis Gray, 1884-1962; Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: 1933 May 4

Title: W. F. G. Swann and unidentified man working with scientific equipment.
Identifier(s): graphics:3213; APSimg7774; Graphics Number: F8-42-5
Description: View of Swann and unidentified man examining equipment.
Creator: Muller, Gladys
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Swann, William Francis Gray, 1884-1962; Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: n. d.

Title: W. F. G. Swann, seated at table, unidentified man at microphone.
Identifier(s): graphics:3177; APSimg7751; Graphics Number: F8-41-2
Description: Swann, laughing and touching the arm of the man at the microphone, is seated at long table, probably banquet at Franklin Institute.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Swann, William Francis Gray, 1884-1962; Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: n. d.

Title: "View of Stratosphere Bowl (You are Standing Here Now)," postcard.
Identifier(s): graphics:3331; APSimg7850; Graphics Number: U5-7-113
Description: View of natural bowl used to launch the Explorer II stratosphere flight balloon, with indication of where the viewer would be standing under unknown circumstances.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935

Title: View of inflated balloon for stratosphere flight, seen from groundlevel.
Identifier(s): graphics:3319; APSimg7860; Graphics Number: U5-7-160
Description: View of inflated balloon, held by ropes to the ground.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: Klein, Franck, Bohr, Oseen and Born, 1922.
Identifier(s): graphics:3121; APSimg7558; Graphics Number: U5-7-15
Description: Group portrait, taken outside.
Source: Archive for the History of Quantum Physics (Mss.530.1.Ar2); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.530.1.Ar2-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Born, Max, 1882-1970; Franck, James, 1882-1964; Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962; Physicists
Date: 1922

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: W. F. G. Swann, working with equipment, metal gondola for stratosheric flight in background.
Identifier(s): graphics:3341; APSimg7840; Graphics Number: U5-7-90
Description: Full length view of Swann, working with equipment.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Swann, William Francis Gray, 1884-1962; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: Born, Meitner, Heisenberg and Hahn, at the Lindau Conference of Nobel Laureates.
Identifier(s): graphics:3122; APSimg7552; Graphics Number: U4-7-28
Description: Informal group photographs of Born, Meitner, Heisenberg and Hahn, standing outside.
Source: Archive for the History of Quantum Physics (Mss.530.1.Ar2); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.530.1.Ar2-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Born, Max, 1882-1970; Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968; Heisenberg, W. (Werner), 1901-1976; Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968; Physicists
Date: 1962

Title: Captain Albert Stevens, scientific observer on stratosphere flight, postcard.
Identifier(s): graphics:3336; APSimg7845; Graphics Number: U5-7-108
Description: Full length view of Captain Stevens, preparing for flight.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Stevens, Albert William, 1886-1949; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935

Title: To the public. ...Conditions...upon which said annual [Magellanic] premiums will be awarded. ...Published by order of the society, at Philadelphia, the 19th day of November, 1786
Identifier(s): text:994; APSimg6748; Goodman Number: 10
Description: Signed in type by James Hutchinson, Robert Patterson, Samuel Magaw, and John Foulke, secretaries of the American Philosophical Society. Originally enclosed in letter from Samuel Vaughan to [Jean] Hermann, professor of medicine at the University of Strasbourg, March 20, 1788. The Magellanic premium was begun in 1786 with a 200-guinea donation from John Hyacinth Magellan, a Portuguese member of the Royal Society, and was awarded periodically to "the author of the best discovery, or most useful improvement relating to navigation, astronomy or natural philosophy, mere natural history only excepted."; Located in folder: 1788 March 20. Samuel Vaughan to Professor Hermann.
Creator: American Philosophical Society
Source: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; American Philosophical Society; Awards; Astronomy; Navigation; Physics
Date: 1786

Title: Did Einstein Get it Right? A Centennial Assessment
Identifier(s): video:1395
Description: Clifford Will examines what were Einstein early struggles with his discoveries. What did he get right? Will also examines some highlights from the 20th century and makes some predictions about the 21st century.; Further reading: Will, C. Was Einstein right? : putting general relativity to the test. (Oxford University Press: 1995)
Subject: History of Science; Physics, History, 20th century; Gravity; Science, History, 20th Century; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2016-04-29

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