Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 3, 1830)
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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 11,92 MB
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ISBN : 9781422377956
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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 11,92 MB
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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 21,75 MB
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ISBN : 9781422377994
Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
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Page : pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Swimmers
ISBN : 9781606181065
"This is the first book that focuses on Benjamin Franklin as a swimmer. Franklin thought swimming a valuable activity and swam whenever he could wherever he was. We can see Franklin's personality emerge through the lens of swimming, which offered him entrée into London society as a young man. The book includes excerpts from the journal of Benjamin Franklin Bache, Franklin's grandson"--
Author : Johann Gustav Droysen
Publisher : American Philosophical Society Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781606180235
Flora Kimmich has translated J.G. Droysen's classic study into English for the first time. Through her masterly rendering she brings this foundational work of modern historiography of the ancient world to a new audience. Based entirely on ancient sources, this is an exhaustive, beautifully narrated account of Alexander from the origins of the ancient Macedonian kingdom to Alexander's death in Babylon in 323 B.C. Droysen's interpretation of Alexander, first published in 1833 by a 25-year-old Privatdozent, is colored both by the idealistic exuberance of German romanticism and the wars of liberation and, in a substantially revised second edition published in 1877, by the imperial optimism of a newly consolidated Germany. This translation of the 1877 edition, with complete notes, does full justice to Droysen's celebrated prose style. The monograph is enhanced with special introductory sections by Glen W. Bowersock and Brian Bosworth. Map.
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File Size : 46,34 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606180952
The American Philosophical Society exhibition, Curious Revolutionaries: The Peales of Philadelphia (April-December 2017), curated by Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows Drs. Diana Marsh and Amy Ellison, offered visitors a look at the lives, accomplishments, and legacies of Charles Willson Peale and his talented family. Expanding on the exhibition, "The Art of Revolutions" conference, cosponsored by the American Philosophical Society, the Museum of the American Revolution, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, explored the role of imagery in influencing and giving meaning to the political revolutions that defined the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The conference was held October 26-28, 2017, at the American Philosophical Society. Included here is a selection of the talks presented at the conference, revised and updated. The volume also contains an introduction by Cathy Kelley and a compelling preface by Patrick Spero, Librarian and Director of the APS Library.
Author : Rolf Willach
Publisher : American Philosophical Society Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
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After the telescope became known in 1608-1609, a number of people in widely separate locations claimed that they had such a device long before the announcement came from The Hague; in the summer of 1608, no one had a telescope, in the summer of 1609, everyone had one. For a number of years author Rolf Willach has quietly tested early spectacle lenses in museums and private collections, and now he reports on this study, which gives an entirely new explanation of the invention of the telescope and solves the conundrum mentioned above. Willach is an optical engineer and independent scholar who worked for several years in the Department of Physics at the Institute of Astronomy in Bern. He has written extensively on the history of the development of optics and the telescope.
Author : American Philosophical Society. Library
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Page : 320 pages
File Size : 39,66 MB
Release : 1824
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Author : American Philosophical Society (PHILADELPHIA)
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Page : 320 pages
File Size : 22,55 MB
Release : 1824
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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
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ISBN : 9781422377925
Author : Ian P. Howard
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,63 MB
Release : 2012-02-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0199764166
Volume 3 addresses depth-perception mechanisms other than stereopsis. It starts by reviewing monocular cues to depth, including accommodation, vergence, perspective, interposition, shading, and motion parallax. Constancies, such as the ability to perceive the sizes and shapes of objects as they move are reviewed. The ways in which different depth cues interact are discussed. One chapter reviews information used to perceive motion in depth. Pathologies of depth perception, including stereoanomalies and albanism are reviewed. Visual depth-perception mechanisms through the animal kingdom are reviewed together with a discussion of the evolution of stereoscopic vision. The next chapter describes how visual depth perception guides movements of the hand and body. The next three chapters review non-visual mechanisms of depth perception, including auditory localization, echolocation in bats and marine mammals, the lateral-line system of fish, electrolocation, and heat-sensitive sense organs. The volume ends with a discussion of mechanisms used by animals to navigate.