Gold. By Benjamin Henfrey. Is it not the interest of every citizen of America to promote the working of mines; since all that is obtained from the
bowels of the earth becomes an addition to the public stock.
Philadelphia: printed by
Snowden & M’Corkle,
1797.
8vo. 17 leaves and one folded leaf at the end.
Sabin 31338.
Evans 32245.
Benjamin Henfrey, a mining engineer, was in correspondence with Jefferson.
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8.
M’Innes’ Cotton Machine.
Charleston,
1802.
This pamphlet has not been identified; it was probably an article in a periodical, taken out and bound by Jefferson in this
volume.
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9. PRIESTLEY,
Joseph, [punct.
sic--
Ed.]
On Acids, Air, Water, &c.
Philadelphia,
1799.
A pamphlet with this title, copied from the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1849 as above, was not published by Dr. Priestley.
It is probable that Jefferson designated under this title, and had bound in this volume, one or both of the articles by Priestley
on this subject published in the
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
in Philadelphia in 1799.
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10. GARNETT,
John.
A plain and concise Projection for clearing the Lunar distances from the effects of Parallax and Refraction performed by two
lines only, on the common navigation rules, sufficiently accurate for all the purposes of navigation.
[
New Brunswick, New Jersey; printed by
Abraham Blauvelt,
1801.]
VK555 .C61
4to. This is a part, beinning on page 43, of Henry Clarke’s
Seaman’s Desiderata . . . With additions and corrections by J. G
[arnett]. For the whole work, and a note on John Garnett, the editor of the
Nautical Almanack
, see no. 3807.
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11. ELLICOTT,
Andrew.
Several Methods by which meridianal lines may be found with ease and accuracy: recommended to the attention of the surveyors
in the United States. By Andrew Ellicott, A. M.
Philadelphia: printed by
Thomas Dobson,
1796.
8vo. 16 leaves, 2 plates; no copy was seen for collation.
Andrew Ellicott, 1754-1820, astronomer and scientist, was a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a friend of Jefferson with
whom he was in frequent correspondence on his astronomical researches and other matters.
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