Prize dissertation, which was honored with the Magellanic Gold Medal, by the American Philosophical Society, January, 1793. Cadmus: or A treatise on the elements of written language : illustrating, by a philosophical division of speech, the power of each character, thereby mutually fixing the orthography and orthoepy. : [One line in Latin from Horace] : With an essay on the mode of teaching the surd or deaf, and consequently dumb, to speak. / By William Thornton, M.D. member of the Societies of Scots Antiquaries of Edinburgh and Perth; the Medical Society, and the Society of Nautical Hist. of Edin: the American Philosophical Society, &c.
| Uniform Title: | Cadmus
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26258. |
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Printed by R. Aitken & Son, for the author, and sold by J. Debrett, bookseller, London,
M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]
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| Series: | Early American imprints.
no. 26258. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 2 unnumbered pages, 10-110 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf ; 21 cm (8vo) |
| Format: | Microfilm Book |
| Note: | Signatures: [A]1 chi²(chi1 + 2chi² 3chi²) B-N⁴ (chi1 recto blank). Microform. |
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| Call Number: | 1 Microprint 1st Ser. no.26258 |
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Evans 26258. |
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Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1955-1983. 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26258). |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. England -- London. |