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AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Vols. I-VI; New Series, Vols. I-XIII. Philadelphia, 1771-1869. 340 engraved plates of which 94 are colored; and 8 maps with some outline coloring. Together 19 volumes, various 4to sizes, contemporary half calf, marbled boards and cloth-backed boards (some uncut), bindings variously worn, many covers detached; scattered foxing to plates and text, some offsetting. Evans 11959, etc.; Sabin 1181.
A CONSECUTIVE RUN OF THE FIRST 19 VOLUMES OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FIRST LEARNED SOCIETY IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES. Virtually comprising the first 100 years of American Science, it is the single most important source for the study of the history of science in late 18th and early 19th century America. Volume I contains many important papers in connection with the transit of Venus. The American achievement in observing the transit of Venus and in making this work known to European scientists was the major factor in gaining a new recognition for American Science. Contributors to the first volume include: David Rittenhouse, John Ewing, Benjamin Rush, Owen Biddle, Benjamin West, and others. Volume II contains important articles by Benjamin Franklin on the "Cure of Smokey Chimneys," on the "Invention of the Hydrometer," and "Maritime Observations." This volume also contains the first appearance in print of Franklin's famous invention--the Franklin Stove. It also contains articles by Benjamin Rush, Priestley, Rittenhouse, and Morgan, among numerous others.
Contributors to the other early volumes include: Benjamin Franklin (8 papers), Rittenhouse (20 papers, most of his published work), Jeremy Belknap, Andrew Oliver, Benjamin Smith Barton, James Woodhouse, Robert Petterson, Casper Wister (6 papers), William Dunbars (12 papers), Joseph Priestley, and many others. One of the most important papers is that of William Maclure on the Geology of the United States, complete with both maps. (19)
A CONSECUTIVE RUN OF THE FIRST 19 VOLUMES OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FIRST LEARNED SOCIETY IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES. Virtually comprising the first 100 years of American Science, it is the single most important source for the study of the history of science in late 18th and early 19th century America. Volume I contains many important papers in connection with the transit of Venus. The American achievement in observing the transit of Venus and in making this work known to European scientists was the major factor in gaining a new recognition for American Science. Contributors to the first volume include: David Rittenhouse, John Ewing, Benjamin Rush, Owen Biddle, Benjamin West, and others. Volume II contains important articles by Benjamin Franklin on the "Cure of Smokey Chimneys," on the "Invention of the Hydrometer," and "Maritime Observations." This volume also contains the first appearance in print of Franklin's famous invention--the Franklin Stove. It also contains articles by Benjamin Rush, Priestley, Rittenhouse, and Morgan, among numerous others.
Contributors to the other early volumes include: Benjamin Franklin (8 papers), Rittenhouse (20 papers, most of his published work), Jeremy Belknap, Andrew Oliver, Benjamin Smith Barton, James Woodhouse, Robert Petterson, Casper Wister (6 papers), William Dunbars (12 papers), Joseph Priestley, and many others. One of the most important papers is that of William Maclure on the Geology of the United States, complete with both maps. (19)