Author: American Philosophical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge.
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Author: American Philosophical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge.
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. 2. Ed. Corrected
Author: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Author: F. V. HaydenTransactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge
Author: Benjamin Franklin, Swimmer
Author: Sarah B. PomeroyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781606181065
Category : Swimmers
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"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"--
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Author: American Philosophical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge
Author: American Philosophical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge
Author: American Philosophical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge.
Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 5, 1837)
Author: Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422377932
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Cabinetmaker's Account
Author: Jay Robert StiefelPublisher: American Philosophical Society Press
ISBN: 9780871692719
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"English joiner John Head (1688–1754) immigrated to Philadelphia in 1717 and became one of its most successful artisans and merchants. However, his prominence was lost to history until the author’s discovery of his account book at the Library of the American Philosophical Society. A find of great historical importance, Head’s account book is the earliest and most complete to have survived from any cabinetmaker working in British North America or in Great Britain. It chronicles the commerce, crafts, and lifestyles of early Philadelphia’s entire community: its shopkeeping, cabinetmaking, chairmaking, clockmaking, glazing, metalworking, needleworking, property development, agriculture, botany, livestock, transport, foodstuffs, drink, hardware, fabrics, furnishings, household wares, clothing, building materials, and export trade. Jay Robert Stiefel, historian of Colonial Philadelphia society and its material culture, presents the definitive interpretation of the John Head account book and introduces many other discoveries. The culmination of nearly 20 years of research, this new volume serves as an essential reference work on 18th-century Philadelphia, its furniture and material culture, as well as an intimate and detailed social history of the interactions among that era’s most talented artisans and successful merchants. Profusely illustrated and in large format, the book includes a foreword from furniture historian Adam Bowett and an introduction by historian Patrick Spero, Librarian and Director of the American Philosophical Society Library" -- Provided by publisher.