Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 3: Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful KnowledgePhilosophers are citizens of the world, the fruits of their labours are freely difiributed among all nations, what they fow is reap ed by the antipodes, and blooms through future generations. It is, however, their duty to cultivate with peculiar attention thofe parts of fcience, which are moft beneficial to that country in which Providence has appointed their earthly fiations. Patriotic a¿'eétions are in this, as in other infiances, conducive to the eneral happinefs of mankind, be caufe we have the heft means of invei'tigating thofe objects, which are molt interefiing to us. In the prefent circumf'tances of the United States fome problems of natural philofophy are of peculiar importance, a furvey of thefe may contribute to the molt ufeful direction of our own inquiries, and thofe of our ingenious fellow citizens'. I fubmit, gen tlemen, my re¿eé'cions on 121118 fubjef't to your candid indulgence and enlightened judgment.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.