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Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. I Part I., Printed by Oliver Steel & Co., 1810, 216 pp, original blue boards, call to papers included 12pp written by the order of the Academy Simeon Baldwin, Recording Secretary, 9.5 x 6.25 , 8vo. In fair condition. Original blue boards toned at edges, overall soiled and rubbed. B. Silliman Jr. written in old hand on the front board. Joints tender with light soiling and toning overall to spine. Paper spine remains intact, which is rare. Heavy toning and foxing to interior with continual damp staining to bottom edge not affecting text. Pages uncut with deckled edge. Deckled edge toned, chipped. Free of known marginalia. Binding remains intact. Delicate, but not fragile. Call for papers in near pristine condition. Please see photos. A Dissertation on the supposed Change in Temperature of Winter by Noah Webster, Jun. Esq. 68 pp A Dissertation on the Production of Vapor by Elizur Wright, Esq., 69-80pp An Account of the Whitten Plaster. By the Hon. John C. Smith, Esq. 81-82pp Sketch of the Mineralogy of the Town of New-Haven by Benjamin Silliman, Esq. 83-96pp. Number of Deaths in the Episcopal Church in New-York, in each month for ten years. Communicated by Noah Webster 97 98pp. An Account of the American Catharsis, or Meloe Americae by Dr. Nathaniel Dwight 99-102pp A Calculation of the Orbit of the Comet which appeared in 1807. By Col. Jared Mansfield 103-110pp Of the Figure of the Earth by Col. Jared Mansfield 111-118pp Observations on the Duplication of the Cube, and the Trisection of an Angle. By Col. Jared Mansfield, 119-124pp A Statement of the Quantity of Rain which falls, on different days of the Moon, by Jeremiah Day, Professor of Mathematics at Yale College. 125-128pp Description of an Air-Pump, invented by Elizur Wright, Esq. 129-130pp. A Brief Account of a Trial at Law, in which the influence of a Mill-Dam on the health of the inhabitants of the neighborhood, was considered, by the Hon. David Daggett, Esq. 131-134pp. On the Decomposition of White Lead Paint by Noah Webster 135-136pp. An Observation of the Auroral Appearance at Durham, Aug. 1, 1783. By the late Rev. Elizur Goodrich, D.D. 137-140pp. An account of the Meteor, which burst over Weston, in Connecticut, in December, 1807. By Professor Silliman and Kingsley, 141-162pp. A View of the Theories which have been proposed, to explain the Origin of Meteoric Stones, by Professor Day, 163-174pp Origin of Mythology, by Noah Webster, Jun. Esq. 175-216pp An incredible and important work of science mathematics by some of the brightest minds in early America! The Connecticut Academy of the Arts and Sciences was established to cultivate all aspects of the sciences, arts, and humanities. This copy was originally owned by Yale University chemistry professor Benjamin Silliman, Jr. whose father contributed two articles in this work, one on a mentor and one about the mineral composition of soils in New-Haven. Silliman Jr. (1816-1855) was pivotal in the development of fractional distillation which allowed for the economical production of kerosene. It is likely that Silliman Senior would have owned this personally and handed it down to his son. Noah Webster, most famous for his American Dictionary of the English Language (1828), denies climate change. Webster disputed the popular opinion that the temperature of the winter season, in northern latitudes, has suffered material change and later delivered the speech that is printed in this work. He vehemently attacked Thomas Jefferson s findings and temperature readings (of which he kept in a private diary) Mr. Jefferson, Webster stated, seems to have no authority for his opinions but the observations of elderly and middle-aged people. He attacked climate change believer Samuel Williams as well, the founder of the University of Vermont and author of The Natural and Civil History of Vermont (1794). Williams had stated that the winters in Vermont had risen by 10 or 12. Seller Inventory # RAREA1810TXZB
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