Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, First Series

[george at library.caltech.edu]

Reading through the December issue of _Choice_ I stumbled upon a rare
gem of early American scientific publishing.  Using an IMLS grant, the
Ewell Sale Stewart Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences has
digitized the entire first series of Journal of the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia.

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Fulltext First Series v1-8 (1817-1842)
http://www.acnatsci.org/library/collections/imls/
ISSN: 0885-3479

The website provides details on the techniques used in the digitization
in addition to the historical and scientific bounty of the journal
proper.  Whether one's research interests run to ornithology,
entomology, ichthyology, or botany, American scientific luminaries of
the first half of the 19th century wrote major pieces in this early
giant of American scholarly communication.  The article which caught my
eye initially is John James Audubon's prospectus for his monumental
_Birds of North America_.

George S. Porter
Sherman Fairchild Library of Engineering & Applied Science
California Institute of Technology
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