MEMOIRS OF THE CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. VOL. I.--PART I by Connecticut Academy Of Arts and Sciences: Noah Webster, Benjamin Silliman Et Al - 1810

New- Haven: Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences. Printed By Oliver Steele And. Co.. Near Fine. 1810. Hardbound. Slate paper over boards. Tan, lettered, paper spine. Every so tiny wear at head and tail of spine. Vi, [2], 216 p. , [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. "An act to incorporate the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. "--p. [v]-vi. "A list of members of the Academy. "--p. [vii]. "Erratum. "--p. 216. Contains 17 papers: I Webster, N . Dissertation on the Supposed Change in the Temperature of Winter; II Wright, E. Dissertation on the Production of Vapor; III Smith, J. Account of the Whitten Plaster; IV Silliman, B . Sketch of the Mineralogy of the Town of New-Haven; V Webster, N. Number of Deaths in the Episcopal Church in New-York; VI Dwight, N. An Account of the American Cantharis; VII Mansfield, J. A Calculation of the Orbit of the Comet which Appeared in 1807; VIII Mansfield, J. On the Figure of the Earth; IX Mansfield, J. Observations on the Duplication of the Cube; X Day, J. A Statement on the Quanitity of Rain which Falls, on Different Days of the Moon; XI Wright, E. Description of an Air-Pump; .