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Anti-submarine warfare -- Research, Astronomical photography, Astronomy, Diffraction gratings, Solar eclipses, Electricity, Naval research, Photography, Solar magnetic fields, and Autobiographies

The autobiography covers Babcock's ancestry; childhood; interests in electricity and photography; work at college job at the National Bureau of Standards; appointment to physics staff of Mount Wilson Observatory, description of colleagues and work there; detailed discussion of work on diffraction gratings, solar and spectral photography, solar magnetism, solar eclipses, and defense work for the Navy (including anti-submarine warfare) in 1918-1919 and 1942-1945.

Astronomy, Comets, Electricity, Mechanics, Scientists, and Scientists

Newspapers and clippings. Newspapers and disbound pages of newspapers (bulk dates, 1850-1900) with articles on a variety of scientific topics: astronomy (comets for the most part), electrical phenomena, mechanical and electrical design and prominent scientists in America and Europe. Publications include: NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, LONDON ILLUSTRATED NEWS, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, NEW YORK TRIBUNE, UTICA (New York) HERALD, BOSTON TRAVELLER, and VIRGINIA GAZETTE.

Astronomy -- Observations, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Electricity, Electrochemistry, Electromagnetism, Geomagnetism -- Observations, Mechanics, Metaphysics, Meteorology -- Observations, Physical instruments, Physics -- Study and teaching, Telegraph, Astronomy, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Electricity, Electrochemistry, Electromagnetism, Geomagnetism, Mechanics, Metaphysics, Meteorology, Physical instruments, Physics -- Study and teaching, Telegraph, Laboratory notes, Observations, College teachers, Physicists, and Inventors

Notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts. Notes and notebooks (1836-1847) selected, edited, and transcribed by his daughter, Mary Henry, contain extracts from research notes and lectures and a draft of her biographical introduction. Correspondence touches on various aspects of his career including his positions as professor of natural philosophy at Princeton University and as secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, as well as his work as an inventor. The major correspondent is A.D. Bache. Manuscripts include essays, drafts, and lectures. Much of the collection relates to his teaching. Subjects include electricity; electromagnetism; mechanical philosophy; astronomical, magnetic, and meteorological observations; the scale of chemical equivalents; apparatus; publications; the telegraph; metaphysics; and his advice to students. Correspondents include Alexander D. Bache, Lewis Beck, Edward H. Courtney, Lewis R. Gibbes, John Maclean, and John Millington.

Astronomy, Comets, Electricity, Mechanics, Scientists, Scientists, Astronomy, Comets, Electricity, Mechanics, and Scientists

Newspapers and clippings. Newspapers and disbound pages of newspapers (bulk dates, 1850-1900) with articles on a variety of scientific topics: astronomy (comets for the most part), electrical phenomena, mechanical and electrical design and prominent scientists in America and Europe. Publications include: NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, LONDON ILLUSTRATED NEWS, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, NEW YORK TRIBUNE, UTICA (New York) HERALD, BOSTON TRAVELLER, and VIRGINIA GAZETTE.

Anti-submarine warfare -- Research, Astronomical photography, Astronomy, Diffraction gratings, Solar eclipses, Electricity, Naval research, Photography, Solar magnetic fields, Anti-submarine warfare -- Research, Astronomical photography, Astronomy, Diffraction gratings, Electricity, Naval research, Photography, Solar eclipses, Solar magnetic fields, and Autobiographies

The autobiography covers Babcock's ancestry; childhood; interests in electricity and photography; work at college job at the National Bureau of Standards; appointment to physics staff of Mount Wilson Observatory, description of colleagues and work there; detailed discussion of work on diffraction gratings, solar and spectral photography, solar magnetism, solar eclipses, and defense work for the Navy (including anti-submarine warfare) in 1918-1919 and 1942-1945.

Mechanics -- Early works to 1800, Motion -- Early works to 1800, Electricity -- Early works to 1800, Magnetism -- Early works to 1800, Optics -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy, Electricity, Magnetism, Mechanics, Motion, Optics, and Early works

Topics include mechanics, motion, electricity, magnetism, and optics. The section on astronomy in vol. 2 is incomplete ; 123 blank pages follow. Also included are tables, one laid in, and 29 folded plates of diagrams. Title page: Notes / on / natural philosophy / in two volumes / Vol. I. / Aberdeen.

Physics, Electricity, Astronomy, Astronomy, Electricity, and Physics

Ms. on physics and electricity with a third text, "Tractatus de astronomie" ; Latin text with extensive Italian quotations.

Physics -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Electricity -- Early works to 1850, Optics -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Latin -- Specimens, Manuscripts -- Specimens, Astronomy, Electricity, Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Latin, Optics, Physics, Early works, Specimens, and Lectures

Contemporary transcript of Boscovich's scientific lectures on physics, astronomy, electricity, optics, etc. given at the Collegio romano in the year that his Philosophiae naturalis theoria was published. The lectures are replete with references to the discoveries of other leading scientists.

Hydrostatics, Electricity, Astronomy, Optics, Astronomy, Electricity, Hydrostatics, Optics, and Notebooks

Notes, 1837-1838, of James Henderson Fitzgerald of Nottoway County, Va. taken from the lectures of Dr. John W. Draper at Hampden-Sydney College. The notes concern astronomy, optics, electicity, and hydrostatics.

Agriculture, Architecture, Astronomy, Breeding, Diseases, Diplomacy, Dueling, Electricity, Manufactures, Medicine, Meteorology, Punctuation, Religion, Silk industry, Taxation, Unitarianism, Genealogies, Lectures, and Notes

This collection includes letters, with some transcripts and photostats, between Vaughan and American and British correspondents. There are also lectures, mostly in shorthand (3 v.); notes on the peace negotiations, 1782-1783; miscellaneous legal papers; and genealogy of the Abbott-Vaughan families.

Astronomy, Astrophysics, Electricity, Magnetism, Heat, Celestial mechanics, and Double stars

Records of his observations at Dearborn Observatory, Chicago, 1914 Sept. 4 - 1917 June 29, of double stars, nebulae, planets, etc. Notes with diagrams on celestial mechanics, practical astronomy, astrophysics, electricity, magnetism and heat.
There is also a diagram, 1925 May, titled Dimensions and units of electrical qualities.

Optics -- Early works to 1800, Active learning, Air -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Atmospheric electricity -- Early works to 1800, Education -- Curricula, Education -- 18th century, Education, Higher -- 18th century, Electricity -- Early works to 1800, Gravity -- Early works to 1800, Hydraulics -- Early works to 1800, Magnetism -- Early works to 1800, Mechanics -- Early works to 1800, Motion -- Early works to 1800, Physics -- Early works to 1800, Pneumatics -- Early works to 1800, Practicums, Refraction -- Early works to 1800, Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- 18th century, Science -- Experiments, Science -- 18th century, Active learning, Air, Astronomy, Atmospheric electricity, Education, Education -- Curricula, Education, Higher, Electricity, Gravity, Hydraulics, Magnetism, Mechanics, Motion, Optics, Physics, Pneumatics, Practicums, Refraction, Science, Science -- Experiments, Science -- Study and teaching (Higher), Students, Harvard students' notes, Lecture notes, and Early works

This notebook, dating from April to June in 1782 and believed to have been created by a student named Thomas Crafts, contains notes taken during Hollis Professor Samuel Williams' "experimental lectures" (lectures on natural philosophy, or early science). It contains notes on twenty lectures, covering the topics of "properties of a body" (extension, solidity, divisibility, mobility, figurability, and inertia); the powers of attraction, gravity and repulsion; the "Congress of bodies, and their effects"; the use of the pendulum; centripetal and centrifugal forces; the lever and the pulley; the wheel, screw and wedge; hydrostatics; hydraulics; pneumatics; fire; magnetism; electricity; optics; dioptrics; and astronomy. These notes indicate that Williams' lectures involved hands-on experiments, providing the students first-hand and immediate knowledge of some of the concepts they were studying.

Astronomy, Botany, Electricity, Natural history, Astronomy, Botany, Electricity, and Natural history

This collection pertains to American Philosophical Society members and associations. Some of the subjects discussed are astronomy, botany, electricity, and natural history. Also included is Roger Curtis' "Journal of the Moravian Mission to Labrador."

Ammonia, Anthropometry, Astronomy, Chemistry, Electricity, Geology, Materia medica, Medicine, Meteorology -- Observations, Meteors, Natural history, Opossums, Paleontology, Rattlesnakes, Zoology, Certificates, Journals (notebooks), Receipts, and Sketches

This series includes notes and writings by Barton on air, ammonia, astronomy, chemistry, "elephant" bones, geology, materia medica, medical bills, opossum (with sketches), shoes, tea, etc. This group of materials also contains Barton's address to medical graduates at the University of Pennsylvania (9 June 1808), journal and travel notes, a meteorological diary (1789), and numerous receipts for advertising.

Geometry, Solid, Geometry, Algebra, Differential calculus, Heat, Electricity, Hydrostatics, Light, Sound, Astronomy, Dynamics, Algebra, Astronomy, Differential calculus, Dynamics, Electricity, Geometry, Geometry, Solid, Heat, Hydrostatics, Light, and Sound

Contents: v. 1. Solid geometry - v. 2. Geometry, algebra, ec. - v. 3. Differential calculus - v. 4. Dynamics - v. 5. Heat, electricity - v. 6. Hydrostatics - v. 7. Light, sound, ec. - v. 8. Astronomy.

Astronomy, Celestial mechanics -- Early works to 1800, Cosmic physics -- Early works to 1800, Electric apparatus and appliances, Electricity, Astronomy, Celestial mechanics, Cosmic physics, Electric apparatus and appliances, Electricity, Intellectual life, and Early works

Manuscript volume containing a treatise summarizing contemporary knowledge of and theories concerning electricity, followed by a work describing various cosmological theories and astronomical observations, including those of Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo and Brahe.
Dell'elettricita is illustrated with two full-color watercolor and wash illustrations of equipment for creating and storing electricity (probably Leiden jars); Fisica celeste is illustrated with sixteen pen-and-ink drawings of both terracentric and heliocentic versions of the universe. All illustrations follow text.

Anti-submarine warfare -- Research, Astronomical photography, Astronomy, Diffraction gratings, Solar eclipses, Electricity, Naval research, Photography, Solar magnetic fields, Anti-submarine warfare -- Research, Astronomical photography, Astronomy, Diffraction gratings, Electricity, Naval research, Photography, Solar eclipses, Solar magnetic fields, and Autobiographies

The autobiography covers Babcock's ancestry; childhood; interests in electricity and photography; work at college job at the National Bureau of Standards; appointment to physics staff of Mount Wilson Observatory, description of colleagues and work there; detailed discussion of work on diffraction gratings, solar and spectral photography, solar magnetism, solar eclipses, and defense work for the Navy (including anti-submarine warfare) in 1918-1919 and 1942-1945.

Astronomy -- Observations, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Electricity, Electrochemistry, Electromagnetism, Geomagnetism -- Observations, Mechanics, Metaphysics, Meteorology -- Observations, Physical instruments, Physics -- Study and teaching, Telegraph, Astronomy, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Electricity, Electrochemistry, Electromagnetism, Geomagnetism, Mechanics, Metaphysics, Meteorology, Physical instruments, Physics -- Study and teaching, Telegraph, Laboratory notes, Observations, College teachers, Physicists, and Inventors

Notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts. Notes and notebooks (1836-1847) selected, edited, and transcribed by his daughter, Mary Henry, contain extracts from research notes and lectures and a draft of her biographical introduction. Correspondence touches on various aspects of his career including his positions as professor of natural philosophy at Princeton University and as secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, as well as his work as an inventor. The major correspondent is A.D. Bache. Manuscripts include essays, drafts, and lectures. Much of the collection relates to his teaching. Subjects include electricity; electromagnetism; mechanical philosophy; astronomical, magnetic, and meteorological observations; the scale of chemical equivalents; apparatus; publications; the telegraph; metaphysics; and his advice to students. Correspondents include Alexander D. Bache, Lewis Beck, Edward H. Courtney, Lewis R. Gibbes, John Maclean, and John Millington.

Astronomy, Comets, Electricity, Mechanics, Scientists, Scientists, Astronomy, Comets, Electricity, Mechanics, and Scientists

Newspapers and clippings. Newspapers and disbound pages of newspapers (bulk dates, 1850-1900) with articles on a variety of scientific topics: astronomy (comets for the most part), electrical phenomena, mechanical and electrical design and prominent scientists in America and Europe. Publications include: NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, LONDON ILLUSTRATED NEWS, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, NEW YORK TRIBUNE, UTICA (New York) HERALD, BOSTON TRAVELLER, and VIRGINIA GAZETTE.

Astronomy, Electricity, Geometry, Natural history, and Essays

This volume contains reports made for the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres on such topics as astronomy, geometry, and natural history.