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The Western gleaner, or Repository for arts, sciences, and literature.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Serials Director's Room Western gleaner v.1(1813)
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- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics--Periodicals.
- Aesthetics.
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. : ; 22 cm.
- Monthly
- Vol. 1, no. 1 (Dec. 1813)-v. 2, no. 4 [(Sept. 1814)].
- Other Title:
- Western gleaner
- Repository for arts, sciences, and literature
- Place of Publication:
- [Pittsburgh, Pa. : Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum, 1814].
- Summary:
- On bleaching; Fragments of agriculture; On magnesia; On coal; On dyeing; History of leeches; Unity of disease; Life of Captain Lewis; On style; On brick-making; On earthquakes.
- Notes:
- This literary and scientific miscellany was "devoted to the advancement of science." It recorded discoveries in zoology, botany, mineralogy and in many areas of applied science, and included articles on coal and salt and on bleaching and dyeing processes. In the literary area it published book reviews, poetry, biography, and translations from French, German, Italian and Spanish sources.
- Title from caption.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum has: Vol. 1, no. 1-6 (Dec. 1813-May 1914).
- OCLC:
- 44190822
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