Premiums : The American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, in order the more effectually to answer the ends of their institution, have agreed to appropriate, annually, a part of their funds to be disposed of in premiums, to the authors of the best performances, inventions, or improvements, relative to certain specific subjects of useful knowledge. The following premiums, therefore, are now proposed by the society.
| Author/creator | American Philosophical Society |
| Other author | Barton, W. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [1796] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29977. ^A478749 |
| General note | Followed by rules and conditions adopted by the society for the disposition of premiums issued in conformity to the intention of the donor, "Mr. I.H. De Magellan, of London." |
| General note | Signed: Republished by order of the society, W. Barton. John Bleakley. Secretaries. Philadelphia, May, 1796. |
| References | Evans 29977 |
| References | Rink, E. Technical Americana, 951 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29977). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |