 ... principle, and mentioning them favorably on his return, the Board, through its president, Sir John Sinclair, requested from Mr. Jefferson a model and a description. These were forwarded to England in 1798.  Philosophical Magazine - Page 1061805Full view - About this book
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 652 pages
...copper, Sec. An imperfect account of some of these, illustrated by a plate, or plat«i may be seen in the fourth volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. G. TURNER THE PORT FOLIO. NOTICE OE THE FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION IN THE ACADHV OF THR FINE ARTS. Amidst... | |
 | Physics - 1805 - 408 pages
...more generally know that subjects of this kind are interesting to philosophers both here and abroad. In the fourth volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, I have given an account of a new species of dipus or jerboa, which I call dipus Americanus. I have... | |
 | James Cowles Prichard - Anthropology - 1837 - 418 pages
...and among others in those of the tribe * See Mr. Hodgson's excellent Memoir on the Berber language in the fourth volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, read October, 1829. In this paper, which contains much valuable information on other subjects connected... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - Electronic journals - 1883 - 408 pages
...Cincinnati. A portion of the many interesting objects taken from this mound were described and figured in the fourth volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (179'J), by Col. Winthrop One of these silver plateJ " bosses," figs. 1, 2, and also portions of another,... | |
 | William Brown Hodgson - Africa, North - 1844 - 144 pages
...to these Berber communities, I will extract from the information which I communicated from Algiers, in the fourth volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, and from my unpublished notes. The Mozabies, Biscaries, Wadreagans, and Wurgelans, are comprehended... | |
 | Literature - 1847 - 610 pages
...with them becomes Tamdint. The argument has been pushed further by Mr. Hodgson, in a memoir published in the fourth volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. This gentleman, as American Consul at Tunis, employed much praiseworthy effort to multiply materials... | |
 | Country life - 1848 - 692 pages
...known, and can be estimated only by those who are somewhat acquainted with this vast group of plants. In the fourth volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, (New Series,) may be found mention of 3,098 distinct species, composing a synopsis of... | |
 | James Cowles Prichard - Anthropology - 1851 - 412 pages
...and among others in those of the tribe * See Mr. Hodgson's excellent Memoir on the Berber language in the fourth volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, read October, 1829. In this paper, which contains much valuable information on other subjects connected... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 794 pages
...PRINCIPLE. 309 description was long and very minute, and is published in the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and in the fourth volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. We have found no further certain traces of this matter until 1808, when Mr. Jefferson wrote M. Sylvestre,... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 732 pages
...1798.' This description was long and very minute, and is published in the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and in the fourth volume of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. We have found no further certain traces of this matter until 1808, when Mr. Jefferson wrote M. Sylvestre,... | |
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