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- "Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, for the Year of our Lord 1809" - Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, named for the noted astronomer David Rittenhouse (1732-1796), was a Philadelphia-focused almanac providing astronomical calculations (times of sunrises and sets, the tides, moon phases, and eclipses, etc.) The almanac also provided remedies, recipes, court schedules, and bits of sage advice among its pages. The almanac's printer, Lydia Bailey, operated one of Philadelphia's largest printing shops.
- 1809
- Collections - Artifact
"Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, for the Year of our Lord 1809"
Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, named for the noted astronomer David Rittenhouse (1732-1796), was a Philadelphia-focused almanac providing astronomical calculations (times of sunrises and sets, the tides, moon phases, and eclipses, etc.) The almanac also provided remedies, recipes, court schedules, and bits of sage advice among its pages. The almanac's printer, Lydia Bailey, operated one of Philadelphia's largest printing shops.
- "Scientific American," Vol. 39, July-December 1878 -
- July 1878-December 1878
- Collections - Artifact
"Scientific American," Vol. 39, July-December 1878
- Thomas Edison with Henry Draper's Expedition to View the July 1878 Solar Eclipse, Rawlins, Wyoming Territory -
- July 01, 1878
- Collections - Artifact
Thomas Edison with Henry Draper's Expedition to View the July 1878 Solar Eclipse, Rawlins, Wyoming Territory
- Lantern Slide, Lunar Eclipses, 1872-1900 - Magic lanterns use a concave mirror and light source to project images on glass slides with painted or photographic scenes. Developed in the 17th century, magic lanterns predate slide projectors and motion pictures. In the hands of magicians, they became "lanterns of fright," projecting wondrous images and apparitions. Slide themes ranged widely: exotic travel, folklore, advertising, history, science, and art.
- 1872-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Lantern Slide, Lunar Eclipses, 1872-1900
Magic lanterns use a concave mirror and light source to project images on glass slides with painted or photographic scenes. Developed in the 17th century, magic lanterns predate slide projectors and motion pictures. In the hands of magicians, they became "lanterns of fright," projecting wondrous images and apparitions. Slide themes ranged widely: exotic travel, folklore, advertising, history, science, and art.
- Plaster Bust of Benjamin Banneker -
- Collections - Artifact
Plaster Bust of Benjamin Banneker
- Hostetter's Illustrated United States Almanac, 1903 - Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. Beginning in the late 1800s, makers of Hostetter's Bitters -- a self-proclaimed cure-all with high alcohol content -- published almanacs to entice the public to buy their products.
- 1903
- Collections - Artifact
Hostetter's Illustrated United States Almanac, 1903
Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. Beginning in the late 1800s, makers of Hostetter's Bitters -- a self-proclaimed cure-all with high alcohol content -- published almanacs to entice the public to buy their products.
- "Hostetter's United States Almanac, for the Use of Merchants, Mechanics, Farmers and Planters, and All Families," 1863 - Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. Beginning in the late 1800s, makers of Hostetter's Bitters -- a self-proclaimed cure-all with high alcohol content -- published almanacs to entice the public to buy their products.
- 1863
- Collections - Artifact
"Hostetter's United States Almanac, for the Use of Merchants, Mechanics, Farmers and Planters, and All Families," 1863
Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. Beginning in the late 1800s, makers of Hostetter's Bitters -- a self-proclaimed cure-all with high alcohol content -- published almanacs to entice the public to buy their products.
- "Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, for the Year of our Lord 1821" - Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, named for the noted astronomer David Rittenhouse (1732-1796), was a Philadelphia-focused almanac providing astronomical calculations (times of sunrises and sets, the tides, moon phases, and eclipses, etc.) The almanac also provided remedies, recipes, court schedules, and bits of sage advice among its pages. The almanac's printer, Lydia Bailey, operated one of Philadelphia's largest printing shops.
- 1821
- Collections - Artifact
"Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, for the Year of our Lord 1821"
Bailey's Rittenhouse Almanac, named for the noted astronomer David Rittenhouse (1732-1796), was a Philadelphia-focused almanac providing astronomical calculations (times of sunrises and sets, the tides, moon phases, and eclipses, etc.) The almanac also provided remedies, recipes, court schedules, and bits of sage advice among its pages. The almanac's printer, Lydia Bailey, operated one of Philadelphia's largest printing shops.
- Mechanical Lantern Slide, "A Black Spot on the Moon," 1860-1900 - Magic lanterns use a concave mirror and light source to project images on glass slides with painted or photographic scenes. Developed in the 17th century, magic lanterns predate slide projectors and motion pictures. In the hands of magicians, they became "lanterns of fright," projecting wondrous images and apparitions. Slide themes ranged widely: exotic travel, folklore, advertising, history, science, and art.
- 1860-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Mechanical Lantern Slide, "A Black Spot on the Moon," 1860-1900
Magic lanterns use a concave mirror and light source to project images on glass slides with painted or photographic scenes. Developed in the 17th century, magic lanterns predate slide projectors and motion pictures. In the hands of magicians, they became "lanterns of fright," projecting wondrous images and apparitions. Slide themes ranged widely: exotic travel, folklore, advertising, history, science, and art.
- Motor Controllers for the Telescope at the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 1932 -
- October 14, 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Motor Controllers for the Telescope at the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 1932