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 Thornton, William

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Published 1793 by Printed by R. Aitken & Son, for the author, and sold by J. Debrett, bookseller, London. in Philadelphia .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Phonetic alphabet,
• Alphabet,
• Deaf -- Means of communication

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Edition Notes

Other titles	Cadmus: or, A treatise on the elements of written language, Prize dissertation ..
Statement	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
Series	Early American imprints -- no. 26258
Contributions	American Philosophical Society
The Physical Object
Format	Microform
Pagination	vii, [2], 10-110 p., [1] folded leaf
Number of Pages	110
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL15526629M

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