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Series II. Professional Papers

A.      Scientific Papers 1817-1892; alphabetical

B.      Norumbega Writings 1871-1892; alphabetical

a.       Research, notes and manuscripts 1871-1891

b.       Published volumes 1885-1892

II.A. Scientific Papers

1

1          

AAAS Meeting Programme

1860

 

2          

Address at the Morse Memorial Library

1872

 

3          

Agriculture - Lecture

n/d

 

4          

American Association for the Advancement of Science - Membership List

1849

 

5          

Ammonia: Presentation Draft - “Ammonia In the Atmosphere”; Read before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1856

 

6          

Ammonia: Report - “On Ammonia in Air”

n/d

 

7          

Analysis of the Body Formed By the Action of MnO2 on Uric Acid by C. F. Smith

1859

 

8          

Argand Burner

n/d

 

9          

Army Rations - Notes and Correspondence

1864-1865

 

10      

Bannat Wheat Analysis

1861

 

11      

Biographical Sketch of John Nelson by James Lloyd

1817

 

12      

Blister Experiments

n/d

 

13      

Boston Journal of Chemistry - “The Chemistry of Fattening Animals”

1876

 

14      

Bread Making - Theory and Art

1861

 

15      

Bunker Hill Monument re: Building Specifications

n/d

 

16      

Bunker Hill Monument re: Lightning Striking Monument

n/d

 

17      

Carbonate of Lime Paper

n/d

 

18      

Catalog of Books

1844

 

19      

Chemical Experiments - Lecture Notes

n/d

 

20      

Chemical Experiments with Rats and Kittens

1852

 

21      

Contamination of Land from Iron and Copper Works

1853

 

22      

Copper in Plants

n/d

 

23      

Counterfeit Bank Notes re: Ways to Prevent It

n/d

 

24      

Cream of Tartar Description

n/d

 

25      

“Deflection of India Rubber in a Mixture of Vulcanized Rubber and Gutta Percha

n/d

 

26      

Essay: Bread Making

n/d

 

27      

Essay: Mechanical Powers (Gold Medal Winner)

1841

 

28      

Examination - The Constitution of Barley

1861

 

29      

Experiments by John Worcester

n/d

 

30      

Experiments with Lead, Iron, Copper and Tin - water pipes in various cities

n/d

 

31      

Experiments with Physical Exercise; Wellesley College

1891-1892

 

32      

Explosion of Burning Fluid

1852

 

33      

Fiske, Augustus H.; Professor Horsford’s Submarine

n/d

 

34      

Fossils - Lecture

1839

 

35      

Fruit and Vegetable Analysis re: “The Chemistry of Vegetables”

n/d

 

36      

Fruit and Vegetable Analysis; re: Comparison of Potato Seeds; re: Davis Seeds

n/d

 

37      

Fruit and Vegetable Analysis; re: Peaches D.R. Tuttle

n/d

 

38      

Gas Illumination - History of Coal Deposits

n/d

 

39      

Geology of Western New York

1839

 

40      

Glycocoll - An Investigation

1847

 

41      

Guano Analysis

n/d

 

42      

Guano Analysis; George Caldwell; re: Mexican Guano

n/d

 

43      

Harbor Defense - State of New York - Specifications for Timber Floats

1863

 

44      

Incomplete Manuscript of Chemistry Text

n/d

 

45      

Indian Ink - History

n/d

 

46      

Journal  - Potatoes

n/d

 

47      

Journal of Scientific Notes

n/d

 

48      

Journal of Scientific Notes

1868

 

49      

Journal and Scrapbook - Scientific Notes

1837

 

50      

Journal of Study in Europe - original

1846-1847

 

51      

Journal of Study in Europe - printed in The Livingston Republic

1846

 

52      

Lecture Notes Taken at R.P.I.; Lecture Notes Given at Albany

1838-1839

 

53      

Letter to the Editor of New York Tribune; re: preservation of land in the Genesee Valley Region

1857

 

54      

Manuscript for Book on Bread Making 1 of 4

n/d

 

55      

Manuscript for Book on Bread Making 2 of 4

n/d

 

56      

Manuscript for Book on Bread Making 3 of 4

n/d

 

57      

Manuscript for Book on Bread Making 4 of 4

n/d

2

1          

Miscellaneous Analysis

n/d

 

2          

Miscellaneous Notes

n/d

 

3          

Miscellaneous Scientific Notes

n/d

 

4          

Morse-Bain Controversy; electro-telegraph

n/d

 

5          

Munitions of War (Lecture Draft)

1/1863

 

6          

Nature of Explosives Occuring with Burning Fluids

n/d

 

7          

Notebook (school compositions)

1834-1839

 

8          

“On Some Relations Between the European Language and the Chinese” - read before New York Liberal Club

1869

 

9          

“On the Alleged Vulcanization of Rubber by Means of Sulphide of Zinc”

n/d

 

10      

“On the Relation of the Chemical Constitution of Bodies to Taste”

1840s?

 

11      

Patent - Antichloride of Lime

1854

 

12      

Patent Application - Explosion of Burning Fluids

1852

 

13      

Patent Application for Lamp

1853

 

14      

Patent Claims for Phosphoric Acid

1855-1864

 

15      

Patent Information for Anti-Chloride of Lime

n/d

 

16      

Pendulum Studies

1851

 

17      

Pension System Notes

n/d

 

18      

Petition for Extension of Patent

1877

 

19      

“Pleasures of Geology”

1839

 

20      

Professor Horsford and Condensed Milk

1875

 

21      

“Progress of the Arts Since Count Rumford” c. 1

1850’s ?

 

22      

“Progress of the Arts Since Count Rumford” c. 2

1850’s ?

 

23      

Published Articles & Reports

1840-1849

 

24      

Rainfall Data

1849-1850

 

25      

Rainfall in Cambridge

1852-1855

 

26      

Report on the Singular Movements of An Astronomical Clock

n/d

 

27      

Report on the Taunton Copper Works

1856

 

28      

Report on Vienna Bread

1875

 

29      

Report to the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Boston (draft)

n/d

 

30      

Resistance by Fluids to Electric Conduction

1848

 

31      

Rumford Medal - Award Address - John Ericsson for his Calorie Engine - draft 1

1862

 

32      

Rumford Medal - Award Address - John Ericsson for his Calorie Engine - draft 2

1862

 

33      

Rumford Medal - Correspondence; re: John Ericsson’s Calorie Engine; 1 of 2

1858

 

34      

Rumford Medal - Correspondence; re: John Ericsson’s Calorie Engine; 2 of 2

1858

 

35      

Rumford Medal - notes re: Ericsson’s Calorie Engine

n/d

 

36      

Rumford Medal Committee - notes for report AAAS

n/d

 

37      

Scientific Notes and Correspondence

n/d

 

38      

Scientific Notes and Correspondence

n/d

 

39      

Scientific Notes and Correspondence

n/d

 

40      

Scientific Researchers

1852

3

1          

Schlisser’s Analysis of Dr. Haye’s Salt

n/d

 

2          

Service Pipes for Water: An Investigation

1849

 

3          

Soil/Fertilizer Analysis; re: Island of Kauai

n/d

 

4          

Sources of the Offensive Odors

1873

 

5          

Spiritualism Notes

n/d

 

6          

“Statement Relative to Marshlands in North Carolina

n/d

 

7          

Student Experiment - Plants

n/d

 

8          

Submarine Correspondence and Sketches

1863

 

9          

Submarine Correspondence and Sketches

1864

 

10      

Super Phosphate of Lime Analysis

n/d

 

11      

The Cause of the Change in the Line of No Variation

1853

 

12      

“The Relation of the Chemical Constitution of Bodies to Sight”

 
 

13      

“The Spheroidal State of Bodies

n/d

 

14      

“Theory of the Formation of the Eath

1839

 

15      

Trademark for Self-Raising Bread Material

1875

 

16      

Untersuchungen uber Glycocoll und einige seiner Zersetzungsproducte

1846

 

17      

Urine Analysis; Manganese in Urine

n/d

 

18      

U.S. Naval Expedition to the North Pacific

1853

 

19      

Vienna Exposition

1873

 

20      

Vulcanized Rubber Experiments

n/d

 

21      

Water Analysis - Cochituate Water Investigations

1848-?

 

22      

Water Analysis - re: Pond Water vs. Cambridge Well Water

1853

 

23      

Water Analysis - Lead Poisoning from Water Pipes

n/d

 

24      

Water Analysis - Mineral Water at Saratoga Springs

1849

 

25      

Water Analysis - Oak Orchard Acid Springs mineral water

1834

 

26      

Water Analysis - Mystic Pond Papers

1860-1861?

 

27      

Water Analysis - Plymouth Water Study

1854

 

28      

Water Analysis - Possaic River

1857

 

29      

Water Analysis - Rover Waters - Total Composition

n/d

 

30      

Water Investigation - Cochituate; American Academy of Science Proceedings

1848

 

31      

Water Pipe Analysis

1854

 

32      

Water Pipe Analysis; Gutta Percha vs. India Rubber

n/d

 

33      

Water Pipe Analysis; India Rubber and Gutta Percha

n/d

 

34      

Water Pipe Analysis - Isaiah Deck

1840

 

35      

Water Pipe Analysis

n/d

 

36      

Water Report - “Supply of Water to Towns”

n/d

 

37      

Wine Analysis

1850

 

oversize

Certificate of Rumford Professorship

n/d

 

oversize

Submarine Sketches

n/d

II.Ba. Norumbega Writings. Research, Notes, and Manuscripts

4

1          

Comparative Vocabulary of Algonquin Dialects

1887

 

2          

Copies of Charles Deane’s Correspondence

1871

 

3          

Drafts of “Colony of Northmen

n/d

 

4          

“The Indian Names of Boston and Their Meaning”

n/d

 

5          

John Cabot Biographical Notes

 
 

6          

“The Landfall of John Cabot in 1497” 1 of 4

 
 

7          

“The Landfall of John Cabot in 1497” 2 of 4

 
 

8          

“The Landfall of John Cabot in 1497” 3 of 4

 
 

9          

“The Landfall of John Cabot in 1497” 4 of 4

 
 

10      

Manuscript Notes of Norumbega

c. 1889

 

11      

Opening of Norumbega Tower

1889

 

12      

“Origin of the Name America

1889

 

13      

Review of the Problem of the Northmen and the Site of Norumbega

1890

 

14      

The Track of the Norsemen by Joseph Story Fay

1876

 

15      

Norumbega Research Notes 1 of 6

n/d

 

16      

Norumbega Research Notes 2 of 6

n/d

 

17      

Norumbega Research Notes 3 of 6

n/d

 

18      

Norumbega Research Notes 4 of 6

n/d

 

19      

Norumbega Research Notes 5 of 6

n/d

 

20      

Norumbega Research Notes 6 of 6

n/d

 

21      

Sketch of the Norse Discovery of America

1891

 

22      

Vocabularies by Zeisberger

1887

 

23      

Watertown: The Site of the Ancient City of Norumbega

1890

 

Oversize

Norumbega Exhibit Award