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Title: Opus maximum; or, great essay to reduce the contingency of the moral world into system or science. First part, containing Psyconomy; or, science of the mind
Identifier(s): text:313; APSimg6502; Goodman Number: 293; 973 C683 No. 624
Creator: Stewart, John
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Social science; Anthropology
Date: n.d.

Title: El Crucero Iberia á los pueblos de todos países. La idea de los folk-loristas españoles que suscriben, al invitar á todos los folk-loristas del mundo á que promuevan en sus respectivos países una suscricion para construir el crucero Iberia
Identifier(s): text:369; APSimg6499; Goodman Number: 290; 973 C683 No. 421
Creator: Machado y Alvarez, Antonio, 1846-1893 Guichot y Sierra, Alejandro, 1859-1941 Sendras y Burin, Antonio; Machado y Alvarez, Antonio, 1846-1893 Guichot y Sierra, Alejandro, 1859-1941 Sendras y Burin, Antonio; Machado y Alvarez, Antonio, 1846-1893 Guichot y Sierra, Alejandro, 1859-1941 Sendras y Burin, Antonio
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Folklorists
Date: ca. 1885

Title: Phrenological examination of [fragment missing] at _____.
Identifier(s): text:299; APSimg6497; Goodman Number: 285; 973 C683 No. 740
Description: Unfilled announcement pertaining to the scheduling of a phrenological examination.
Creator: Webster, J. Palmer
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Phrenology; Examinations; Phrenology
Date: n.d.

Title: Societatis Linguam Universalem, scientiarum ac negotiorum ancillam, fundantium internationalis. Ratio et descriptio
Identifier(s): text:1127; local: APSimg6658; local: 280
Description: Society formed for the promotion of an international language, Volapük. The American Philosophical Society Library also contains numerous other broadsides relating to this language, mostly diplomas from individuals having completed Volapük courses and poems written in the language.; Item call number: Pam. v. 891, no. 12.
Creator: Societatis Linguam Universalemet al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Language; Linguistics; Volapük
Date: [1889?]

Title: Phrenological chart, or else: a physiognomico-craniological delineation of the person of M ______.
Identifier(s): text:373; APSimg6745; Goodman Number: 286; 973 C683 No. 325
Description: Extra oversized phrenological chart, with an explanation of the physiognomico-craniological system. Includes illustrations: four phrenological bust outlines.; Small fragment missing from the right center of broadside.
Creator: Zender, J. D. L. (Joachim Denis Laurent), b. 1805
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Phrenology; Phrenology; Pseudo science
Date: 1839

Title: M. Troyon informé, pendant son dernier séjour à Paris, que de fausses accusations portées sur son compte, par M. Adolphe Morlot, de Berne, ont été reproduites dans la Société impérial des Antiquaires de France et colportées dans plusieurs pays, croit devoir livrer à la publicité la lettre ci-après adressée le 28 août 1862
Identifier(s): text:533; APSimg6666; Goodman Number: 266
Description: Reproduces letter by J. Gay, vice president of the Commission des musées du canton de Vaud, in which Gay points out the falseness of several unnamed accusations made by Morlot regarding a recent excavation undertaken by Troyon.; Item call number: 571 P19, no. 7.
Creator: Troyon, Frédéric, 1815-1866
Source: Pamphlets relating to prehistoric archaeology (571 P19);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Archaeology and Antiquities; Archaeological sites; Archaeology
Date: 1862

Title: Notice sur le Musée des antiques, dessiné et gravé par P. Bouillon, avec des notices explicatives par Mr. de St. Victor./ Prospectus of the Museum of antiquities, designed and engraved by Mr. Bouillon, with explanatory notes by Mr. de St. Victor
Identifier(s): text:308; APSimg6493; Goodman Number: 257; 973 C683 No. 508
Description: Back of one page contains note to [Thomas] Sully written by Lewis D. Belair, February 28, 1818. Note on document indicates that M. L. Binsse of New York was authorized to obtain subscribers to the work at Paris cost.; French and English in double columns.
Creator: Bouillon, Pierre, 1776-1831
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Archaeology and Antiquities; Antiquities; Galleries & museums
Date: ca. 1818

Title: Peintures de vases antiques, vulgairement appelés vases étrusques, tirés de différentes collections
Identifier(s): text:1168; local: APSimg6657; local: 263
Description: Prospectus for work proposed and published by C. M. Dubois- Maisonneuve, illustrated by A. Agne-Clener, and written by Millin. Peintures de vases antiques appeared 1808-1810.; Item call number: Pam. v. 1102, no. 5.
Creator: Millin, A. L. (Aubin Louis), 1759-1818et al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Archaeology and Antiquities; Antiquities; Vases
Date: ca. 1808

Title: Phrenological character of _____ by Mr [C. H. Canfield] practical phrenologist
Identifier(s): text:296; APSimg6552; Goodman Number: 284; 973 C683 No. 596
Description: Phrenological chart, with numerical notations by C. H. Canfield.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Phrenology; Phrenology; Pseudo science
Date: n.d.

Title: [Phrenological chart fragment]
Identifier(s): text:329; APSimg6551; Goodman Number: 282; 973 C683 No. 257
Description: Fragment of a phrenological chart, containing manuscript notes on the reverse, as well as the inscription: "Mr. Fowler's decision on my phrenological traits in 1836. H. R. S."; The chart is torn along the righthand side, rendering some words illegible.
Creator: Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Phrenology; Phrenology; Pseudo science
Date: [ca. 1835-1836]

Title: ABCDE...
Identifier(s): text:309; APSimg6494; Goodman Number: 267; 973 C683 No. 538
Description: Alphabet and number card for the instruction of Eskimos in Labrador.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Alphabets (Writing systems); Linguistics; Eskimos
Date: [ca. 1850?]

Title: Phrenological developements [sic] of _____
Identifier(s): text:361; APSimg6533; Goodman Number: 283; 973 C683 No. 738
Description: Phrenological chart listing feelings or affective faculties and intellectual faculties.; Name of subject redacted for digital version.
Creator: Parnell, B. A.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Phrenology; Phrenology
Date: n.d.

Title: Entrance to freshman class. June 22, 1883. [Examination in] Grammar. Composition. Anabasis. Iliad.
Identifier(s): text:834; APSimg6723
Description: College entrance exam in the Greek language. From the papers of John K. Kane. Now housed among the Elisha Kent Kane papers.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
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: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Examinations; Language; Universities & colleges
Date: 1883

Title: A los folk-loristas de todas las naciones[,] el crucero Iberia
Identifier(s): text:378; APSimg6500; Goodman Number: 291; 973 C683 No. 420
Description: Prospectus for a periodical publication.
Creator: Machado y Alvarez, Antonio, 1846-1893 Guichot y Sierra, Alejandro, 1859-1941 Sendras y Burin, Antonio; Machado y Alvarez, Antonio, 1846-1893 Guichot y Sierra, Alejandro, 1859-1941 Sendras y Burin, Antonio; Machado y Alvarez, Antonio, 1846-1893 Guichot y Sierra, Alejandro, 1859-1941 Sendras y Burin, Antonio
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Folklorists
Date: ca. 1885

Title: From the Utica Morning Herald, June 5, 1863 [sic; should be 1893].. Karnak. ...Note--the Egyptian exploration fund, since incorporation as a society, in 1883, has given to the world much information relative to a nation whose history dates back to the dawn of civilization
Identifier(s): text:1023; APSimg6656; Goodman Number: 260
Description: After a poem on Egyptian antiquities gives a list of officers of the fund and information on how interested parties may obtain its publications from Charles W. Darling, honorary secretary of the fund.; Item call number: Pam. v. 89, no. 19.
Source: Pamphlet Collection (Pam. v. 89);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Archaeology and Antiquities; Antiquities; Archaeology; Fund raising
Date: [1793]

Title: Antiquités mexicaines. Relation des trois expéditions ordonnées par le Roi d'Espagne en 1805, 1806, et 1807, pour la recherche des antiquités antérieures a la découverte du Mexique, notamment celles de Mitla et de Palenque
Identifier(s): text:370; APSimg6492; Goodman Number: 254; 973 C683 No. 271
Description: Prospectus for a work published in French in 1834. In addition to Barb_re, contributors to the work include: Charles Farcy, [David B.] Warden, and Alexander Lenoir.; See also Goodman #253 for Spanish-language version of this prospectus.
Creator: Baradère, H. (Henri)
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Archaeology and Antiquities; Antiquities & archaeological sites; Expeditions & surveys
Date: ca. 1833

Title: Queries about expression. ... Down, Bromley, Kent, 1867
Identifier(s): text:739; APSimg6731; Goodman Number: 288
Description: Enclosed in letter from Darwin to [G. H. K.] Thwaites, October 26, [1867], requesting Thwaites to circulate a few "slightly corrected copies" of his queries. One of only five copies known to exist. Darwin utilized the answers he received to his queries in his The Expression of the emotions in man and animals (1872).; Located in folder: Darwin to G. H. K. Thwaites. Item call number: B D25.TH #335.
Creator: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Source: An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D25-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Miscellaneous; Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Natural history; Faces; Mental states
Date: 1867

Title: Fac simile of a part of a MSS. of 100 pages found at the King's Indian Trading Posts on the Labrador Coast of America
Identifier(s): text:387; APSimg6550; Goodman Number: 274; 973 C683 No. 402
Description: Includes Biblical quotations in an unnamed Indian language and in French. Presented to the American Philosophical Society by Peter S. Du Ponceau, January 15, 1841.
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Indians of North America--Language; Biblical events; Linguistics
Date: n.d.

Title: Antiguedades Mejicanas. Relacion de las tres expediciones hechas por mando del Rey de España en 1805, 1806, y 1807, con el objeto de investigar las antiguedades anteriores al descubrimiento de Mejico
Identifier(s): text:1120; local: APSimg6654; local: 253
Description: Prospectus for a work published in French in 1834. In addition to Baradère, contributors to the work include: Charles Farcy, [David B.] Warden, and Alexander Lenoir. For French-language version of this same prospectus see Goodman #254 (973 C683, no. 271).; Item call number: Pam. v. 455, no. 10. Copies of the broadside are also available at: Pam. v. 454, no. 8; 500 Pam. v. 3, no. 27.
Creator: Baradère, H. (Henri)et al
Subject: Broadsides; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Archaeology and Antiquities; Antiquities & archaeological sites; Expeditions & surveys
Date: ca. 1833

Title: Cours publics et particuliers de langues italienne et angloise, divisés en quarante leçons
Identifier(s): text:777; APSimg6684; Goodman Number: 268
Description: Prospectus advertising language courses in Italian and English, to be given by M. Bassi.; Hays reference #: Vol. 77, no. 85.
Creator: Bassi, M. (Antonio Benedetto)
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: Social Science; Broadside Subdivision: Linguistics; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Linguistics; Education
Date: 1780