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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.]
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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.
Evans 30385.
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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BOOKS LISTED IN THE 1783-1814 CATALOGUE WHICH WERE NOT SOLD TO CONGRESS
Analysis of lectures on Natural philosophy by Atwood. 8 vo.
Emerson’s abstract of his Mechanics. 8 vo.
Hydraulique de Du Buat 2. v. 8 vo.
Le monde de Descartes ou traité de la lumiere. 12 m.
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