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Experiments and Observations Relating to the Analysis of Atmospherical Air

Authors: J Priestley

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 1-11

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doi:10.2307/1005075

Farther Experiments Relating to the Generation of Air from Water

Authors: J Priestley

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 11-20

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doi:10.2307/1005076

To Determine the True Place of a Planet, in an Elliptical Orbit, Directly from the Mean Anomaly, by Converging Series

Authors: David Rittenhouse

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 21-26

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doi:10.2307/1005077

On the Improvement of Time-Keepers

Authors: David Rittenhouse

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 26-28

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doi:10.2307/1005078

On the Expansion of Wood by Heat, in a Letter from David Rittenhouse L. L. D. President of the Society

Authors: David Rittenhouse

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 29-31

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doi:10.2307/1005079

A Letter from Mr. Andrew Ellicott, to Robert Patterson; In Two Parts. Part First Contains a Number of Astronomical Observations. Part Second Contains the Theory and Method of Calculating the Aberration of the Stars, the Nutation of the Earth's Axis, and the Semiannual Equation

Authors: Andrew Ellicott

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 32-66

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doi:10.2307/1005080

A Letter from Mr. Andrew Ellicott, to Mr. Robert Patterson. A Method of Calculating the Eccentric Anomaly of the Planets

Authors: Andrew Ellicott

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 67-69

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doi:10.2307/1005081

Method of Raising the Common Logarithm of Any Number Immediately

Authors: David Rittenhouse

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 69-71

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doi:10.2307/1005082

Experiments on Evaporation

Authors: C Wistar

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 72-73

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doi:10.2307/1005083

A Memoir concerning the Fascinating Faculty Which Has Been Ascribed to the Rattle-Snake, and Other American Serpents

Authors: Benjamin Smith Barton | Jacobus Theodorus Klein

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 74-113

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doi:10.2307/1005084

Some Account of an American Species of Dipus, or Jerboa

Authors: Benjamin Smith Barton

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 114-124

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doi:10.2307/1005085

A Letter from Mr. John Heckewelder, to Dr. Barton, Giving Some Account of the Remarkable Instinct of a Bird Called the Nine-Killer

Authors: John Heckewelder

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 124-127

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doi:10.2307/1005086

An Enquiry into the Causes of the Insalubrity of Flat and Marshy Situations; And Directions for Preventing or Correcting the Effects Thereof

Authors: William Currie

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 127-142

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doi:10.2307/1005087

Description of a Machine for Saving Persons from the Upper Stories of a House on Fire, by Nicholas Collin, D. D. the Inventor; With a Drawing from the Model

Authors: Nicholas Collin

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 143-148

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doi:10.2307/1005088

A Disquisition on Wool-Bearing Animals, by Dr. James Anderson, of North Britain, in a Letter Dated 6th December 1794

Authors: James Anderson

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 149-153

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doi:10.2307/1005089

Later Communication by the Author on This Subject, with a Sample Taken from the Fleece of a Sheep Brought from Jamaica to England

Authors: James Anderson

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 153-154

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doi:10.2307/1005090

An Easy and Accurate Method of Adjusting the Glasses of Hadley's Quadrant, on Land for the Back-Observation, by Robert Patterson, in a Letter to Dr. David Rittenhouse, President of the Society

Authors: Robert Patterson

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 154-161

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doi:10.2307/1005091

A Letter from Colonel Winthrop Sargent, to Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, Accompanying Drawings and Some Account of Certain Articles, Which Were Taken out of an Ancient Tumulus, or Grave, in the Western-Country

Authors: Winthrop Sargent

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 177-178

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doi:10.2307/1005094

A Drawing of Some Utensils, or Ornaments, Taken from an Old Indian Grave, at Cincinnati, County of Hamilton, and Territory of the United-States, North-West of the River Ohio, August 30th 1794. By Colonel Winthrop Sargent. Communicated by Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D

Authors: Benjamin Smith Barton | Winthrop Sargent

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 179-180

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doi:10.2307/1005095

Observations and Conjectures concerning Certain Articles Which Were Taken out of an Ancient Tumulus, or Grave, at Cincinnati, in the County of Hamilton, and Territory of the United-States, North-West of the River Ohio: In a Letter from Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D. to the Reverend Joseph Priestley, L L. D. F. R. S. &c

Authors: Benjamin Smith Barton

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 181-215

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doi:10.2307/1005096

Barometrical Measurement of the Blue-Ridge, Warm-Spring, and Alleghany Mountains, in Virginia, Taken in the Summer of the Year 1791

Authors: Jonathan Williams | Thomas Jefferson

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 216-223

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doi:10.2307/1005097

Miscellaneous Observations Relative to the Western Parts of Pennsylvania, Particularly Those in the Neighbourhood of Lake Erie

Authors: Andrew Ellicott

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 224-230

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doi:10.2307/1005098

Observations Made on the Old French Landing at Presqu' Isle, to Determine the Latitude of the Town of Erie. In a Letter from Andrew Ellicott, to Robert Patterson Secretary of the Society

Authors: Andrew Ellicott

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 231-232

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doi:10.2307/1005099

Hints Relative to the Stimulant Effects of Camphor upon Vegetables

Authors: Benjamin Smith Barton

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 232-235

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doi:10.2307/1005100

Supplementum Indicis Floræ Lancastriensis. Aućtore Henrico Muhlenberg. Communicated by Dr. Barton

Authors: Henry Muhlenberg

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 235-242

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doi:10.2307/1005101

On the Mode Most Easily and Effectually Practicable of Drying up the Marshes of the Maritime Parts of North America

Authors: Thomas Wright

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 243-246

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doi:10.2307/1005102

A Memoir on the Discovery of Certain Bones of a Quadruped of the Clawed Kind in the Western Parts of Virginia

Authors: Thomas Jefferson

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 246-260

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doi:10.2307/1005103

A Letter from Mr. John Heckewelder to Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D. Containing an Account of an Animal Called the Big Naked Bear

Authors: John Heckewelder

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 260-262

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doi:10.2307/1005104

Experiments and Observations on Land and Sea Air

Authors: Adam Seybert

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 262-276

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doi:10.2307/1005105

Translation of a Memoir on a New Species of Siren

Authors: M De Beauvois

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 277-281

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doi:10.2307/1005106

An Attempt to Investigate the Causes Why the Winters in North America Are Colder than the Winters in Europe, in the Same Latitudes; And Why the Eastern Sides of Both the Northern Continents Are Colder than the Western

Authors: William Barnwell

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 288

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doi:10.2307/1005107

Observations Intended to Favour a Supposition That the Black Color (As It Is Called) of the Negroes Is Derived from the Leprosy

Authors: Benjamin Rush

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 289-297

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doi:10.2307/1005108

An Improvement in Boats, for River-Navigation, Described in a Letter to Mr. Robert Patterson

Authors: Nicholas King

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 298-302

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doi:10.2307/1005109

General Principles and Construction of a Sub-Marine Vessel, Communicated by D. Bushnell of Connecticut, the Inventor, in a Letter of October, 1787, to Thomas Jefferson Then Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris

Authors: D Bushnell

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 303-312

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doi:10.2307/1005110

The Description of a Mould-Board of the Least Resistence, and of the Easiest and Most Certain Construction, Taken from a Letter to Sir John Sinclair, President of the Board of Agriculture at London

Authors: Thomas Jefferson

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 313-322

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doi:10.2307/1005111

Experiments upon Magnetism. Communicated in a Letter to Thomas Jefferson, President of the Philosophical Society, by the Rev. James Madison, President of William and Mary College

Authors: James Madison

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 323-328

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doi:10.2307/1005112

Thermometrical Observations, Made at Fort Washington, Commencing June 1790, and Ending April 1791. By Daniel Britt and G. Turner. To Which Are Added, for Some Time, the Rise and Fall of the Ohio. Communicated by G. Turner

Authors: G Turner | Daniel Britt

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 329-347

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doi:10.2307/1005113

Calculations Relating to Grist and Saw Mills, for Determining the Quantity of Water Necessary to Produce the Desired Effect When the Head and Fall Are Given in Order to Ascertain the Dimensions of a New Invented Steam Engine, Intended to Give Motion to Water-Wheels in Places Where There Is No Fall, and but a Very Small Stream or Spring

Authors: John Nancarrow

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 348-361

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doi:10.2307/1005114

Memoir on Amphibia

Authors: M De Beauvois

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 362-381

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doi:10.2307/1005115

An Appendix to the Two Articles in This Volume, (P. 1.) by Dr. Priestley, in a Letter to B. S. Barton, M. D

Authors: J Priestley

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 382-386

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doi:10.2307/1005116

An Inquiry into the Comparative Effects of the Opium Officinarum, Extracted from the Papaver Somniferum or White Poppy of Linnæus; And of That Procured from the Lactuca Sativa, or Common Cultivated Lettuce of the Same Author

Authors: John Redman Coxe

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 387-414

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doi:10.2307/1005117

Experiments and Observations, on the Atmosphere of Marshes

Authors: Adam Seybert

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 415-430

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doi:10.2307/1005118

An Essay on a New Method of Treating the Effusion Which Collects under the Scull after Fractures of the Head

Authors: J Deveze

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 433-438

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doi:10.2307/1005120

Memoir on the Sand-Hills of Cape Henry in Virginia

Authors: B Henry Latrobe | William Tatham

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 439-444

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doi:10.2307/1005121

Account of Chrystallized Basaltes Found in Pennsylvania

Authors: Thomas P Smith

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 445-446

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doi:10.2307/1005122

Observations for Determining the Latitude and Longitude of the Town of Natchez. By Andrew Ellicot, Esq. Commissioner on the Part of the United States, for Running the Line of Demarkation between Them and the Spanish Territory. Communicated to the Society by R. Patterson

Authors: Andrew Ellicot | R Patterson

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 447-451

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doi:10.2307/1005123

An Answer to Dr. Joseph Priestley's Considerations on the Doctrine of Phlogiston, and the Decomposition of Water; Founded upon Demonstrative Experiments

Authors: James Woodhouse

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 452-475

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doi:10.2307/1005124

Philological View of Some Very Ancient Words in Several Languages

Authors: Nicholas Collin

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 476-509

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doi:10.2307/1005125

Memoir on the Extraneous Fossils, Denominated Mammoth Bones: Principally Designed to Shew, That They Are the Remains of More than One Species of Non-Descript Animal

Authors: George Turner

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 510-518

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doi:10.2307/1005126

Description of a Speedy Elevator. By the Inventor, Nicholas Collin, D. D. with Two Drawings from a Model, Representing It Folded and Wound up

Authors: Nicholas Collin

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 519-525

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doi:10.2307/1005127

A Description of the Bones Deposited, by the President, in the Museum of the Society, and Represented in the Annexed Plates

Authors: C Wistar

Published in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, in 1799, in volume 4, pages 526-531

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doi:10.2307/1005128