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Title: H. M. S. _____ __th of _____ 18__ Lat. _____ Long._____ _____ Commander...Whoever finds this paper is requested to forward it to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, with a note of the time and place at which it was found
Identifier(s): text:839; APSimg6709; Goodman Number: 321
Description: Identical text in six different languages: English, French, Spanish, Danish, Dutch and Russian. From the papers of John K. Kane, father of Elisha Kent Kane, the Arctic explorer.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Great Britain. Admiralty
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Discovery & exploration; Arctic regions
Date: 18__

Title: Proposals for printing by subscription, on a fine paper, with a new and elegant American letter, cast by John Baine & Co. Travels through North and South-Carolina, Georgia, East and West-Florida.... By William Bartram, botanist, of Philadelphia, who was employed from 1773 to 1777, by the celebrated Doctor Fothergill, of London, to explore the extensive countries above-mentioned.
Identifier(s): text:1764; APSimg6507; Goodman Number: 316; 973 C683 No. 122
Description: Includes extract of Travels describing the Alachua Savannah in East Florida. See also Goodman #315.
Creator: Bartram, William, 1739-1823
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Bartram, William, 1739-1823; Natural history; Discovery & exploration; Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
Date: ca. 1790

Title: Symposium: Action Not Words. Part V: Redefining What’s Possible.
Identifier(s): video:963; 2008_11_011
Description: Mark Little of General Electric talks about what his company is doing to mitigate climate change and its effects.
Subject: History of Science; General Electric Company; Electric engineering, United States; Technological innovations, United States; Technological innovations, Social aspects; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2008-11-14

Title: Medical notes, miscellaneous #9; Medical notes, misc. #9
Identifier(s): text:333559
Subject: Science--United States--History--19th century; University of Pennsylvania--Faculty; Medicine; Medical education; Diseases; Thyroid gland; Goiter; University of Pennsylvania--Faculty; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Date: 1808-1813; 2019

Title: Aston Abbotts House, Aylesbury. 18th February, 1853. Sir, With respect to the number of each party, we have found two officers and six men to be the most convenient
Identifier(s): text:837; APSimg6719; Goodman Number: 331
Description: Recommendations by Ross for outfitting the Kane Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and his men, including suggestions for: fuel, dwellings, protection of the feet, and optimal date for travel. Sent to Rear Admiral, Sir Francis Beaufort, K.B.C. Other letters solicited by the British Admiralty to aid Kane in his expedition include Goodman #329-330, and 332.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Arctic regions; Discovery & exploration
Date: 1853

Title: Philadelphia, _____ 18__. Sir, It is in conformity with the directions of the Philadelphia Linnean Society, and in their behalf, that we have now the honor of addressing you
Identifier(s): text:711; APSimg6565; Goodman Number: 49
Description: Circular letter, sent to Benjamin Smith Barton on May 18, 1809, requesting the receiver to communicate the results of their natural history observations to the society. Indicates that the society is especially interested in specimens of plants and minerals. Autograph signatures of Sam[uel] Hazard, Sam[uel] Belton, and Sam[ue]l Colhoun, members of the correspondence committee of the Philadelphia Linnean Society.
Creator: Philadelphia Linnean Society
Source: Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B284d-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Societies; Natural history; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Linnean Society of Philadelphia; Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778; Specimens
Date: ca. 1809

Title: Proposals, for printing by subscription, in one volume octavo; Travels, through North and South-Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
Identifier(s): text:779; APSimg6689; Goodman Number: 315
Description: Prospectus for Bartram's Travels originally enclosed in a letter from Enoch Story, Jr. to Benjamin Franklin in which the Philadelphia printer sought permission to dedicate the volume to the venerable Franklin and requested that he use his influence to see that the work "not perish for want of encouragement" (see F:85:vol.41:no.201). Though Story did not come to publish Travels, the work did appear five years later from the presses of James and Johnson (see Goodman #316).; Hays reference #: Vol. 76, no. 36. Oversized.
Creator: Bartram, William, 1739-1823
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: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Bartram, William, 1739-1823; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Discovery & exploration; Natural history; Indians of North America
Date: 1786

Title: Correspondence between Maude Abbott and Florence Sabin, 1917-1928; Abbott, Maude E
Identifier(s): text:352850
Description: Correspondence between Maude Abbott and Florence Sabin concerning job placements for Ethel Maya Das and Vera Dolgopol. There is also correspondence about Sabin's election to the International Association of Medical Museums.
Creator: Sabin, Florence Rena, 1871-1953et al; Abbott, Maude E. (Maude Elizabeth), 1869-1940et al
Subject: Women in science; Medical education; Women in medicine; Sabin, Florence Rena, 1871-1953; Abbott, Maude E. (Maude Elizabeth), 1869-1940; Das, Ethel Mya; Dolgopol, Vera, 1895-1979
Date: 1917-1928; 2023

Title: Medical lecture notes vol. 6, 1864-1865; Medical notes - University of Pennsylvania - H.B. Hare #6
Identifier(s): text:331631
Subject: Science--United States--History--19th century; Medicine--Study and teaching--History--19th century; Medical education; Medical sciences; Chemistry; Hare, Horace Binney, 1843-1879
Date: 1864-1865; 2020

Title: Symposium: Observed Climate Change. Part 2: Past, Present and Future of Glacier Archives from the World’s Highest Mountains
Identifier(s): video:1508
Description: Lonnie Thompson talks about his work drilling ice cores around the world on the highest peaks. "I human beings have a future, it's in working together"; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 161, No. 3 (September 2017) pp. 226-243.
Subject: History of Science; Climatic changes, Environmental aspects; Climatic changes, Government policy; Paleoclimatology, Peru; Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2017-04-28

Title: Symposium: Tribute to William T. Golden: Citizen Patriot. Part I: A Man for All Seasons: A Museum for All People and All Time.
Identifier(s): video:990; 2009_04_011
Description: Ellen Futter introduces the symposium on William T. Golden, long-lived APS member, scientist, and philanthropist; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 156, No. 1 (March 2012), pp. 1-8
Subject: Natural history museums; Natural history; Museum exhibits; Science education; Evolution; School museums; Educational resources; Anthropological museums; Golden, William T., 1909-2007; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2009-04-25

Title: Edwin G. Conklin to Howard A. Meyerhoff, 1951 December 29
Identifier(s): text:167510
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952; Meyerhoff, Howard A. (Howard Augustus), 1899-; American Association for the Advancement of Science
Date: 1951-12-29

Title: Counting the Dead: Historical Reflections on the Casualty List
Identifier(s): video:577; 2005_11_005
Description: Dr. Faust examines the counting and the burying of the Civil War dead and how that number had an effect on American society.; Faust's book on the same subject: http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=33113
Subject: History of Science; Death, Social aspects, United States, History, 19th century; Burial, Social aspects, United States, History, 19th century; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2005-11-11

Title: Northbrook House, Bishop's Waltham, Feb. 16th, 1853. Sir, In reply to your letter of the llth Inst. (receive only to day, I hasten to assure you how much pleasure it would afford me to contribute, in any degree, to the efficiency of Dr. Kane's equipment in the arduous enterprize in which he is about to be engaged.
Identifier(s): text:857; APSimg6717; Goodman Number: 329
Description: Gives recommendations on the selection and construction of sledges for the Arctic exploration about to be undertaken by Elisha Kent Kane in search for Sir John Franklin. Sent to Rear Admiral, Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B. For other letters apparently solicited by the British Admiralty on behalf of Kane see Goodman #330-332.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Arctic regions; Discovery & exploration; Sleds & sleighs
Date: 1853

Title: A descriptive catalogue of Mr. Peale's exhibition of perspective views, with changeable effects; or, Nature delineated, and in motion. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head, in Market Street
Identifier(s): text:333; APSimg6522; Goodman Number: 68; 973 C683 No. 16
Description: Charles Willson Peale's famed Philadelphia museum began in his home as a portrait gallery which was soon augmented with a hall of "moving pictures with changeable effects" advertised in the above broadside. Only one year after it was issued Peale began publicly advertising that a portion of his house would henceforth become a "repository for natural curiosities." 2 copies.
Creator: Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Institutions; Broadside Subdivision: Museums and Menageries; Galleries & museums; Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.); Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Date: 1785

Title: Franklin and Einstein
Identifier(s): video:640; 2006_04_005
Description: Isaacson discusses his research on Franklin and Einstein
Subject: History of Science; Scientists, History, 18th century; Scientists, History, 20th century; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2006-04-27

Title: Election of the Medical Society
Identifier(s): text:333685
Subject: Science--United States--History--19th century; Medicine; Medical education; University of Pennsylvania--Faculty; Medicine--Societies, etc; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Date: 1809-02-04; 2019

Title: College of Physicians - Notice of Meeting
Identifier(s): text:333436
Subject: Science--United States--History--19th century; Physicians; Medicine; University of Pennsylvania--Faculty; Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date: 1803-1810; 2019

Title: Sir Humphry Davy: Natural Philosopher, Discoverer, Inventor, Poet and Man of Action
Identifier(s): video:1130; 2012_04_004
Description: Henry LaBarre Jayne Lecture; Sir John Thomas gives the Henry LaBarre Jayne Lecture of 2012. He discusses Sir Humphry Davy and how he popularized science at his time.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 157, No. 2 (June 2013), pp. 143-163
Subject: History of Science; Nitrous oxide; Poetry; Potash; Electricity; Agricultural chemistry; Anesthesiology; Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829; The Henry LaBarre Jayne Lecture.; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2012-04-19

Title: Medical lecture notes vol. 3, 1864-1865; Medical notes - University of Pennsylvania - H.B. Hare #3
Identifier(s): text:331669
Subject: Science--United States--History--19th century; Medicine--Study and teaching--History--19th century; Medical education; Medical sciences; Hare, Horace Binney, 1843-1879
Date: 1864-1865; 2020