science and technology

British Library Research and Development Reports.

The British Library Document and Supply Centre in Great Britain provided a backfile of these reports on microfiche, beginning with number 5001. To 1975, the reports were issued by Great Britain, Office of Scientific and Technical Information. The reports are on topics relating to information processing and computer applications. Holdings are incomplete for the period of 1990–93. For assistance in accessing this uncataloged material, please contact Access Service. 

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Minutes and correspondence, 1812-1924.

GUIDE: CRL Reference Folder #88 This set contains the papers of the Academy from its founding date through 1924. Includes minutes (1812–1925), correspondence received (1812–1924), correspondence sent (1814–76), summaries of archival collections, memberships (1812–1924), nominations for membership (1812–1924), and donations (1812–1924). Correspondents include Franz Boas, Charles Darwin, Edward D. Cope, Mahlon Dickerson, Asa Gray, Edward E. Hale, Ales Hardlicka, Joseph Leidy, George G. Meade, Titian R. Peale, Boies Penrose, Oren Root, Henry R. Schoolcraft, and Carl Schurz.

Books and manuscripts of John Dee, 1527-1608.

This set, Series I of the Renaissance Man microfilm collection, contains the reconstructed library of John Dee. The reconstruction is based on Roberts & Watson’s John Dee’s Library Catalogue published by the Bibliographical Society, London, in 1990. Dee was a pioneer of scientific exploration in Renaissance England and an avid collector of contemporary and historic works of scientific value. Manuscripts and books include works by Roger Bacon, Aristotle, Euclid, and a host of other scholars in the Arabic, Hebrew, and Greek schools of thought.

Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Center acquired an extensive collection of the publications of the Russian Academy of Sciences from its founding in 1723 to 1956; these include serials and monographs. In addition, the Center has maintained an exchange agreement with the Academy in which all publications from 1958 forward are supplied on a regular and continuing basis. All the serials and monographs of the Academy are cataloged, and records appear in CRLCATALOG.