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Title: Shipley, Georgiana to Benjamin Franklin, 1779 June 06; Shipley, Georgiana, 1756-1806. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9721
Description: G. Shipley writes to B. Franklin about a portrait he sent to her as well as a wax portrait of her father and a drawing she is sending him. She describes a dinner with Mr. Vaughan and the electricity experiments that occured. Shipley concludes by discussing the current parliament session.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Women--History--18th century; Portrait painting--18th century; Science--History--18th century
Date: 1779-06-06; 2022

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: Transcription of Profiling in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Identifier(s): video:1025; 2009_11_011
Description: Dr. Kunkel continues the commemoration of Dr. Bearn with his talk on autism spectrum disorders and its genetics.
Subject: History of Science; Autism; Genetics; Bearn, Alexander G., 1923-2009, Commemoration; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2009-11-13

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: Statement of sums paid to the Trustees by the Medical faculty
Identifier(s): text:303525
Subject: Science--United States--19th century; Chemistry; Education; Medicine; Medical colleges--Faculty; Hare, Robert, 1781-1858
Date: approximately 1835; 2020

Title: Symposium: Discoveries in Astronomy. Part II: Galileo’s Astonishing Discoveries
Identifier(s): video:999; 2009_11_004
Description: Dr. Gingerich discusses the first use of the telescope for astronomy by Galileo.
Subject: History of Science; Astronomy, History; Telescopes, History; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2009-11-12

Title: The Future of High Energy Physics
Identifier(s): video:378; 2004_11_005
Description: Dr. Lederman presents a funny talk on the future of theoretical physics, even if he sometimes believes there is no future.
Subject: History of Science; Physics, 21st century; Theoretical physics; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2004-11-12

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: Neuronal Replacement in the Adult Brain
Identifier(s): video:569; 2005_11_003
Description: Dr. Nottebohm presents his on-going neurobiological research into how the adult brain could regenerate.
Subject: History of Science; Neural stem cells, Research; Neurosciences; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2005-11-10

Title: An Acute Olfactory System is Essential for Reproduction: The Raison d’être for Adult Insects
Identifier(s): video:1065; 2010_11_004
Description: Dr. Leal talks about how insects reproduce using olfactory senses. How does climate change effect this process? What does that mean for human survival?; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 156, No. 3 (September 2012), pp. 295-302
Subject: History of Science; Pheromones, chemistry; Insects, Reproduction, Climatic factors; Almonds; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2010-11-11

Title: Better Living with AI. Part 2: Voice Sharing: How AI-Powered Community Involvement Uplifts Those Living with Speech Impairments
Identifier(s): video:1549
Description: Dr. Patel talks about what speech means to humans. How can AI provide more options for those living with speech impairments?
Subject: History of Science; Artificial intelligence; Voice culture; Verbal abilitiy; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2018-11-09

Title: Symposium: The Next Influenza Pandemic. Part 5.: The Long Road to a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine
Identifier(s): video:1596
Description: Dr. Palese explains why we don't have a flu vaccine. He starts with vaccine skeptism history from small pox to the influenza epidemic.; Further reading: Is a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine Possible? Annual Review of Medicine. (2020 Jan 27, Vol 71) pp. 315-327
Subject: History of Science; Influenza virus; Universal vaccine; Medicine, United States, 21st century; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2019-11-08

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: Paris et ses environs...dictionnaire historique, anecdotique, descriptif et topographique; religieux, politique, militaire, commercial et industriel...
Identifier(s): text:132; APSimg6437; Goodman Number: 104; 973 C683 No. 90
Description: According to this prospectus the following are among the areas to be treated in the descriptions of the various locations: ancient and modern geography, astronomical observations, museums, libraries, academies, natural productions, state of the agriculture, mines, rivers, canals, commerce, industry, and manufactures.
Creator: Saint-Edme, Edme Théodore Bourg, known as, 1785-1852
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: General Publications; Broadside Subdivision: ; Encyclopedias & dictionaries; Cities & towns
Date: n.d.

Title: Impacts and Evolution: Protecting Earth from Asteroids
Identifier(s): video:955; 2008_11_005
Description: Dr. Morrison's lecture describes how NASA proposes to protect Earth from asteroid collisions. He also discusses how these collisions might effect evolution on Earth.
Subject: History of Science; Extinction (Biology); Asteroids; Collisions with Earth; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2008-11-13

Title: Otto Lous Mohr - Correspondence, Folder 1, 1926-1932
Identifier(s): text:274617
Subject: Mohr, Otto Lous, 1886-1967; Stern, Curt, 1902-1981; Genetics--Research; World War, 1939-1945--Science
Date: 1926-1932

Title: The American Philosophical Society...requests the honor of Mr. _____ company at the St. George Hotel on Monday, March 15 1880 at 5 p.m. at a dinner to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the society
Identifier(s): text:75; APSimg6392; Goodman Number: 19; 973 C683 No. 614
Description: Invitation to a dinner to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the American Philosophical Society. Signed in type by William A. Ingham, J. Sergeant Price and Henry Phillips, Jr.
Creator: American Philosophical Society
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Invitations; Organizations
Date: 1880

Title: Shipley, Georgiana to Benjamin Franklin, 1780 May 26; Shipley, Georgiana, 1756-1806. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9767
Description: Georgiana Shipley sends Benjamin Franklin a drawing she has done after a picture by Joshua Reynolds. She writes about her family as well as the popularity of electricity as a cure-all.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Women--History--18th century; Science--History--18th century; Painting, Modern--18th century--History
Date: 1780-05-26; 2022

Title: The Accelerating Universe: A Nobel Surprise
Identifier(s): video:1021; 2012_11_016
Description: Dr. Kirshner presents 15 billion years of cosmic evolution in 25 minutes.; Further reading: http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=220484
Subject: History of Science; Cosmology; Milky Way; Gravitational waves; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2012-11-10