The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 1Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1911 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 8 - That one society be formed of virtuosi or ingenious men, residing in the several colonies, to be called The American Philosophical Society, who are to maintain a constant correspondence. That Philadelphia, being the city nearest the...
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