Collected Poems: APTAPSP-B, Vol. 14, Part 1

Kenneth Burke

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Collected Poems

APTAPSP-B, Vol. 14, Part 1

Kenneth Burke

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Published/Copyright: 1968

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
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LIST OF THE OFFICERS OT THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, For the Tear 1804 Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
LIST OF THE MEMBERS or THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, Elected since April 1801 Publicly Available Download PDF	VIII
DONATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
LIST OF THE O F F I C E R S or THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, FOR THE YEAR 1809 Publicly Available Download PDF	XXIII
LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, ELECTED SINCE JANUARY, 1804 Publicly Available Download PDF	XXIV
CONDITIONS OF THE EXTRA MAGELLANIC-PREMIUM Publicly Available Download PDF	XXV
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PART I
I. AN Account of the Language ofSigns, among certain North American Indians. By William Dunbar, Esq. of Natchez on the Mississippi; Member of the Society : communicated by Thomas Jefferson, President of the Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
II. Meteorological Observations for one entire Year, ending the 3Ui of January 1800, made by William Dunbar, Esq. at the Forest, 4>i- miles East of the Mississippi, in Lat. 31° 28' N. and Long. 91° 30' W. of Greenwich; on an Eminence about 150 Feet above the Level of the highest Waters of the annual Inundation of the Mississippi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
III. Description of a singular Phenomenon seen at Baton Rouge, by William Dunbar Esq. Communicated by the President of the Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	25
IV. A short and easy Rule for finding the Equation for the Change of Sun's Declination, when equal Altitudes are used to regulate a Clock or other Time-Keeper. By Andrew Ellicott, Esq. Communicated by the Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	26
V. Account of an extraordinary Flight of Meteors (commonly called shooting Stars). Communicated by Andrew Ellicott Esq. as extracted from his Journal, in a Voyage from New- Orleans to Philadelphi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	28
VI. An improved Method of projecting and measuring plane Angles. By R. Patterson. Communicated by Andrew Ellicott Esq. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	29
VII. Sur la Théorie des Vents. Par M. Dupont de Nemours Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
VIII. Extracts of a Letter from William Dunbar Esq. of the Natchez, to the President of the Society; relating to fossil Bones found, in Louisiana, and to Lunar Rainbows observed West of the Mississippi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	40
IX. Meteorological Observations, made by William Dunbar Esq. at the Forest 4- Miles West of the Mississippi, in Lat. 31°. 28'. N. and Long. 91°. 30'. W. of Greenwich, for the Year 1800—with Remarks on the State of the Weather, Vegetation, SCc. calculated to give some Idea of the Climate of that Country Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	43
X. Abstract of a Communication from Mr. Martin Duralde, relative to fossil Bones 8Cc. found in the Country of Apelousas, West of the Mississippi—to William Dunbar Esq. of the Natchez, and by him transmitted to the Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
XI. Observations made on a Lunar Eclipse, at the Observatory in the City of Philadelphia, on the 21 st of Septemer 1801; by R. Patterson and A. Ellicott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
XI. Observations made on <t Lunar Eclipse at the Observatory in the City of Philadelphia on the 21 st, of September 1801, by Mess. Patterson, and Ellicott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
XIII. Astronomical Observations made at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, chiefly with a View to ascertain the Longitude of that Borough, and as a Test of the Accuracy with which the Longitude may be found by Lunar Observation; in a Letter from A. Ellicott to R. Patterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
XIV. Notices of the Natural History of the northerly Parts of Louisiana; in a Letter from Dr. John Watkins to Dr. Barton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
XV. On two Species of Sphex, inhabiting Virginia and Pennsylvania, and probably extending through the United States. By Benjamin H. Latrobe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	73
XVI. Memorandum of a new Vegetable Muscipula.. By Dr. Barton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
XVII. On the Claying of Sugar—describing a new and economical Mode of conducting that Proccss; By Jonathan Williams Esq. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	82
XVIII. An Account of some newly discovered Islands and Shoals in the Indian Seas. By Mr. Thomas, an Officer on board the American Ship Ganges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	87
XIX. First Report of Benjamin II. Latrobe, to the American Philosophical Society, in Answer to the Enquiry, " whether any, and what Improvements have been made in the Construction of Steam-Engines, in America?" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
XX. An Account of the Fusion of Strontites, and Volatiliza- ' tion of Platinum; and also of a new Arrangement of Apparatus. Communicated by Robert Hare, jun. a Member of the Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
XXI. An Account and Description of a Cock with two Perforations, contrived to obviate the Necessity of a Vent-Peg, in tapping air-tight Casks. By Robert Hare, jun. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
XXII. Some Account of a new Species of North American Lizard., By Dr. Barton. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	108
XXIII. Continuation of Astronomical Observations, made at Lancaster, Pennsylvania; in a Letter from A. ElUcott, Esq. to R. Patterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
XXIV. Observations and Experiments relating to equivocal, or spontaneous Generation. By J Priestley, L. L. D. F. R. S. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
XXV. Observations on the Discovery of Nitre in common Salt, which had been frequently mixed with Snow; in a Letter to Dr. Wis tar, from J. Priestley, L. L. D. F. R. S. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	129
XXVI. A Letter on the supposed Fortifications of the Western Country; from Bishop Madison of Virginia, to Dr. Barton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	132
XXVII. Supplement to the Account of the Dipus Americanus, in the IV Vol. of the Transactions of the Socicty, No. XII. By Dr. Barton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
XXVIII. Hints on the Etymology of certain English Words, and on their Affinity to Words in the Languages of different European, Asiatic, and American (Indian) Nations; in a Letter from Dr. Barton to Dr. Thomas Beddoes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
XXIX. Astronomical Observations, made by Jose Joaquin de Ferrer, chiefly for the Purpose of determining the geographical Position of various Places in the United States, and other Parts of North America. Communicated by the Author. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	158
XXX. Description <of the River Mississippi and its Delta, with that of the adjacent Parts of Louisiana; by William. Dunbar Esq. of the Natchez. Communicated by the Author, through the President cf the Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
XXXI. Abstract of Meteorological Observations for the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, made at the Natchez; by William Dunbar Esq. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	188
Proceedings of the Society on the death of their late eminent Associate, Joseph Priestley, L. L. D. F. R. S. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	190
Part II
XXXII. APPENDIX to Memoir No. XXX, of the 1st Part of this Volume, on the Mississippi.—By William Dunbar, of Natchez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
XXXIII. Demonstration of a Geometrical Theorem ; by Joseph Clay Esq. of Philadelphia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201
XXXIV. An Account and Description of Capt. W. Mug ford? s Temporary Rudder, and for which the Extra Magellanic Premium was awarded Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
XXXV. Facts and Observations relative to the Beaver of North America ; by Mr. John Ileckewelder, in answer to queries proposed to him by Professor Barton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
XXXVI. Memoir on the occupation of Aklebaran by the moon, on the 21 st of October, 1793 ; by Jose Joaquin de Ferrer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	213
XXXVII. The Geographical position of sundry places in North America, and the W. Indies ; calculated by J. J. de Ferrer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
XXXVIIT. Continuation of the Astronomical Observations, made at Lancaster, in Penn. by Mr. A. Eilicott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	233
XXXIX. A Description of a cave on Crooked Creek, with remarks and observations, on nitre and gun-powder ; by Samuel Brown, M. D. of Lexington, Kentucky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	235
XL. An Essay on the vermillion colour of the blood, and on the different colours of the metallic oxides, with an application of these principles to the arts; by S. F. Conover M. D. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	247
XLI. Observations of the eclipse of the sun, June 16th 1806— made at Lancaster, by A. Eilicott, Esq. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
XLII. Observations of the same ; triade at the forest near Natchez ; by William Dunbar Esq. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	260
XLIII. Observations on the same eclipse, made at Kinderhook, in the state of N. York; by J. J. de Ferrer and J. Garnett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	264
XLIV. Observations on the same, made at Bowdoin College, in the district of Maine; by a member of the society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275
XLV. On finding the longitude from the moon''s meridian- altitude by William Dunbar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	277
XLVI. An account of the Freestone quarries on the Potomac and Rappahannoc rivers ; by B. H. Latrobe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	283
XLVII. Farther observations on the eclipse of 16th June, 1806, a determination of the longitude qf Natchez and Arew- Orleans, also, an investigation of the semi-diameters of the sun and moon; by J. J. de Ferrer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
XLVIII. Observations on the same eclipse; made by Simeon de Witt Esq. of Albany, State of New York Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	300
XLIX. Description and use of a new and simple Nautical Chart, for working the different problems in Navigation; for which, the Extra Magellanic Premium xvas awarded; by John Garnett Esq. of New-Brunswick, New-Jersey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
L. Observations to serve for a mineralogical map of the State of Maryland; by S. Godon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	319
LI. Memoir on the meteoric stones which fell from the atmosphere, in the state of Connecticut, on the 14th of December 1807 ; by Benjamin Silliman, professor of Chemistry in Yale College, and Mr. James L. Kingsley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	323
LII. Observations on the comet which appeared in September 1807, in the island of Cuba ; made by J. J. de Ferrer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	345
LIII. Notés, with corrections, to be applied to the geographical situations inserted from page 158 to page 164, in the first part of the present Volume of Transactions ; by J. J. de Ferrer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	360
LIV. Observations on. the comet, 1807—8 ; by W. Dunbar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	368
LV. Correspondence between Capt. William Jones of Philadelphia, and William Jones Esq. Civil Engineer of Calcutta, relative to the principles and practice of Building in India. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	375
LVI. Observations on the foregoing correspondence ; by B. H. JLatrobe, Surveyor of the Public Buildings of the U. States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	384
LVII. A general method offinding the roots of numeral equations to any degree of exactness, with the application of logarithms to shorten the operation ; by J. Garnett Esq. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	391
LVIII. On the best angles for the sails of a Wind-mill ; by John Garnett Esq. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	394
LIX. Extract of a letter from a member of the Society, relative to the great cold in Hallowell, Massachusets, in 1807 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	401
LX. Statement of deaths and diseases in the City and. Liberties of Philadelphia for 1807, 1808.—Communicated by the Board tof Health Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	403
LXI. An account of Experiments made on Palladium, found combined -with pure gold; by Joseph Cloud, an officer of the Mint of the U. States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	407
LXII. Observations on the Geology of the U. States, explanatory of a Geological Map ; by W. Maclure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	411
LXIII. Astronomical Observations made at the Havanna, 1809 ; by J. J. de Ferrer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	428
Notice of a new machine for steering vessels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	428
GENERAL INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	433

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