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The records of the Committee on Science and the Arts of the Franklin Institute, 1824-1900 / editor, A. Michal McMahon ; assistant editor, Stephanie A. Morris

Corporate Author
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Committee on Science and the Arts
Published
Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1977.
Physical Description
28 reels ; 35 mm
Additional Creators
McMahon, A. Michal (Adrian Michal), 1937- and Morris, Stephanie A.

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Contents
Reel 1. Report book ; Committee on Inventions, 1825-1833 -- Minute book ; Committee on Science and the Arts, vol. 1, 1834-1842 -- Minute book ; Committee on Science and the Arts, vol. 2, 1842-1870 -- Minute book ; Committee on Science and the Arts, vol. 3, 1870-1882 -- Minute book ; Committee on Science and the Arts, vol. 4, 1882-1900 -- Minute book ; Committee on Science and the Arts, vol. 5, 1900 -- reel 2. SCI (Select Committee on Inventions); files 1-4 -- CIMD (Committee on Inventions -- Miscellaneous documents); files 1-3 -- CIUR (Committee on Inventions -- Unnumbered reports); files 1-17 -- CI (Committee on Inventions); files 1-10, 12, 18, 52 -- CSA Membership "Roll book," 1834-1837 -- CSA (Committee on Science and the Arts); files 1-204. and Rolls 3-28: CSA, files. Reel 3. 205-405 -- reel 4. 406-521 -- reel 5. 522-705 -- reel 6. 706-927 -- reel 7. 928-1064 -- reel 8. 1065-1216 -- reel 9. 1217-1305 -- reel 10. 1306-1385 -- reel 11. 1386- 1435 -- reel 12. 1436-1494 -- reel 13. 1495-1561 -- reel 14. 1562-1610 -- reel 15. 1611-1661 -- reel 16. 1662-1701 -- reel 17. 1702-1744 -- reel 18. 1745-1777 -- reel 19. 1778-1810 -- reel 20. 1811-1845 -- reel 21. 1846-1870 -- reel 22. 1871-1888 -- reel 23. 1889-1914 -- reel 24. 1915-1946 -- reel 25. 1947-1975 -- reel 26. 1976-2015 -- reel 27. 2016-2054 -- reel 28. 2055-2100.
Summary
The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia played an important role in the history of science and technology in America. The Institute sponsored lectures on science, a technical library, and other displays of American manufacturing. The reports document the role of technology in an increasingly industrial society, covering such areas as electricity, mining equipment and methods, optics, ship construction, steam power, telegraphy and textile machinery. The records include applications, correspondence, investigative information, drawings or other illustrations, and the reports of the Committee on Science and the Arts. The guide includes a history of the committee, a brief abstract of its reports and a list of accompanying documents and correspondence. There is an index of inventors, subcommittee chairmen and manufacturing companies.
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"The preparation of these records was carried out with the generous assistance of the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities."
For index and reel guide see Technology in industrial America : the Committee on Science and the Arts of the Franklin Institute, 1824-1900.
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