The substance of a course of lectures in natural philosophy : lecture notes, 1760.

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The substance of a course of lectures in natural philosophy : lecture notes, 1760.

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Notes taken by Jasper Yeates (A.B., 1761, College of Philadelphia) from Smith's lectures on physics. Topics include "falling bodies," pendulums, projectiles, simple machines, and fluids. Illustrated with numerous diagrams, a few of which are decorated with an ink wash (pp. 111, 127, 131, 133).

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Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817

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Yeates was a lawyer from Lancaster, Pa. He served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania Ratification Convention in 1787 and was a judge of the Pennyslvania Supreme Court, 1791-1817. From the description of [Letter] 1801 Mar. 22, Philada. [to] Sally / J. Yeates. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501843254 Pennsylvania jurist. From the description of ALS : Lancaster, Pa., to Robert Aitken, 1772 June 4. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122347819 ...

Smith, William, 1727-1803

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Clergyman, educator, playwright. From the description of Letter to Jasper Yeates, Lancaster [manuscript], 1773 July 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814474 Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. From the guide to the Joseph Carson letters, 1789-1858, 1789-1858, (American P...