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Title: Demonstracion de los anteojos que se han inventado para conservar, y aumentar la vista. Explicacion del uso de los anteojos para todo genero de personas
Identifier(s): text:664; APSimg6670; Goodman Number: 304
Description: Illustrated broadside including numerous images of spectacles and other optical devices created to improve or enhance vision. Engraved by "Paulus Minguet."; Located in folder: Photographs, prints, etc. of optical instrument makers and materials.
Creator: Minguet é Irol, Pablo, d. 1801?
Source: Thomas Court Scientific Instruments Collection (Mss.509.078.M582);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Scientific Instruments; Broadside Subdivision: ; Eyeglasses; Optical devices; Telescopes
Date: n.d.

Title: Royal Menagerie, Exeter 'Change, Strand, the grandest national depot of animated nature in the world, open for inspection every day...contains the greatest assemblage of curiosities ever collected together since the days of the primeval collector of natural curiosities, Old Noah
Identifier(s): text:1759; APSimg6526; Goodman Number: 77; 973 C683 No. 590
Description: A broadside for a nineteenth-century London menagerie possessing a large number and variety of animals from across the globe. The reverse contains a poem entitled "A Public Supper," which advertises the animals on display in rhyme.
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: n.d.

Title: SYMPOSIUM: Current Issues in Agriculture. Part II: Unleashing the Genius of the Genome to Feed the Developing World
Identifier(s): video:424; 2004_11_015
Description: Dr. Naylor presents her research on biotechnology and agricultural innovations, which she and Dr. Richard Manning conduct.
Subject: History of Science; Agricultural biotechnology; Agricultural innovations; Food supply; Manning, Richard, 1951-, contributor; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2004-11-13

Title: Gene Therapy for Congenital Blindness
Identifier(s): video:561; 2005_11_001
Description: Dr. Bennet talks about her and her team's work at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania. With the help of a congenitally blind dog, Lancelot, Dr. Bennet and her team have successfully treated inhereted blindness in Lancelot and his family.
Subject: History of Science; Gene therapy; Blindness, Genetic aspects; Blindness, Treatment, United States; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2005-11-10

Title: Baltimore, Maryland, _____ 183_. The Maryland Academy of Science and Literature, having lately had the misfortune to lose its valuable museum and library by fire, respectfully and earnestly appeals to those who feel a common interest in its pursuits, for aid in repairing its loss
Identifier(s): text:1774; APSimg6395; Goodman Number: 31; 973 C683 No. 618
Description: Manuscript date of March 19, 1836. Circular letter signed in type by P. McCaulay, president of the academy, and J. Mason Campbell, secretary. Includes instructions for properly preparing natural history specimens to be sent to the academy.
Creator: Maryland Academy of Science and Literature
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Assistance; Organizations
Date: 1836

Title: New-York, March 2, 1829. Sir, Several gentlemen in this city have formed an association for the purpose of sending a suitable person to collect objects in natural history in some of the more remote parts of the United States; to which you are invited to contribute, provided the plan meets your approbation. ...Shares are fixed at $10 each. The expense of the journey for one year, exclusive of transportation of collections, is estimated at $600. Dr. H. Gates, a gentleman well qualified, is engaged, and will depart about the 15th of March, provided forty shares have been then subscribed for.
Identifier(s): text:1757; APSimg6511; Goodman Number: 325; 973 C683 No. 633
Description: Circular letter asking for funding to support the collection of objects in natural history from across the United States. Interested parties are requested to direct their replies to John Le Conte, John Torrey, and William Cooper.
Creator: Lyceum of Natural History (New York, N.Y.)
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Natural history; Specimens; Discovery & exploration
Date: 1829

Title: Losing Weight: It Is Not Over When the Thin Lady Sings
Identifier(s): video:989; 2009_04_010
Description: Dr. Wadden talks about the "obesity epidemic" and the research around the body mass index (BMI)
Subject: History of Science; Obesity, Research; Body mass index; Mortality ratios; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2009-04-24

Title: Role of Ivan Malek in the Pugwash Conferences on science and world affairs
Identifier(s): text:194063
Subject: Glass, Bentley, 1906-2005; Málek, Ivan; Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs
Date: 1968

Title: How the Brain Represents our Movements and Our Intentions
Identifier(s): video:987; 2009_04_008
Description: Dr. Sirigu talks about the brain and how we move. How does the brain react to a hand transplant, for example.
Subject: History of Science; Motor Cortex, Physiology; Surgical transplantation; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2009-04-24

Title: Symposium: The Future of Information. Part IV: The Author’s Place in the Future of Copyright.
Identifier(s): video:832; 2007_11_010
Description: The author’s place in the future of copyright will not be assured until the full range of her interests receive both recognition and enforcement. Online micropayment and other systems for remunerating individual authors hold promise. Will these new means of remunerating authors remain viable in a digital environment in which paying for creativity increasingly seems an act of largesse?; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 153, No. 2 (Jun., 2009).
Subject: History of Science; Copyright, Law & legislation; Digital media; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2007-11-09

Title: Hepatitis C: Towards a Cure and Eradication
Identifier(s): video:1094; 2011_04_010
Description: Dr. Rice presents a history of the discovery of Hepatitis C and the research to find a vaccine.
Subject: History of Medicine; History of Science; Heptatitis C virus, Research; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2011-04-29

Title: Presentation of Society Awards and Prizes
Identifier(s): video:1096; 2011_04_012
Description: Patrick Suppes presents the innaugural Suppes Prize for Distinction in Philosophy to Nancy J. Nersessian.
Subject: History of Science; Prizes, Societies; Nersessian, Nancy J.; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2011-04-29

Title: Symposium: Observed Climate Change. Part 1: Satellite Contributions to Climate Change Studies
Identifier(s): video:1510
Description: Climatologist Claire Parkinson discusses how satellites observe climate change and provide concrete data to prove it is happening. She discusses observed sea ice level changes from satellites.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 161, No. 3 (September 2017) pp. 208-225.
Subject: History of Science; Climatic changes, Research; Satellite meteorology, Research; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2017-04-28

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: Fragonard and Franklin
Identifier(s): video:678; 2006_04_014
Description: Dr. Rosenberg discusses two greats of the Enlightenment: Fragonard and Franklin
Subject: History of Science; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2006-04-28

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: 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: Franklin’s Vision
Identifier(s): video:632; 2006_04_003
Description: Dr. Zewail talks about his personal hero, Ben Franklin. He focuses on Franklin's belief in the power of learning and his belief in peace.
Subject: History of Science; Scientists, History, 18th century; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2006-04-27

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