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London: Benjamin Franklin Stevens 4 Trafalgar Square Charing Cross
1882.
To CADWALLADER COLDEN.
Conjecture as to the Cause why Ships in crossing
the Atlantic have longer Passages in sailing west-
ward than in sailing eastward.
CADWALLADER Colden to B. FRANKLIN.
Answer to the foregoing Letter respecting the
Sailing of Ships across the Atlantic
TO JARED ELIOT. 16 July, 1747.
Linseed Oil. Northeast Storms.
Origin of
Springs in Mountains. Petrified Shells in the
Appalachian Mountains. Observations on a Tariff
Law
TO PETER COLLINSON.
TO JARED ELIOT.
Experiments in the Culture of Grass in Meadows
TO THOMAS HOPKINSON. 1747.
On the Vis Inertia of Matter
TO CADWALLADER COLDEN. 6 August, 1747.
1747.
Baxter's Book on the Vis Inertia of Matter. -
Manufacture of Electrical Apparatus. - Colden's
Philosophical Treatise
A Conjecture as to the Cause of the Heat of the Blood
in Health, and of the Cold and Hot Fits of some
Fevers
Magical Circle
TO JARED ELIOT. 13 February, 1749-50.
Northeast Storms begin at the South.-Account
of a Copper Mine.-Subscriptions for an Acad-
emy in Philadelphia
TO CADWALLADER COLDEN. 28 June, 1750.
TO JARED ELIOT. 25 October, 1750.
To JARED ELIOT. 10 December, 1751.
Remarks on Husbandry
Inquiries respecting the Mode of Planting Hedges
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Electrical Papers and Experiments. James Logan 109
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CADWALLADER COLDEN TO B. FRANKLIN. 20 May, 1752.
Concerning Theories of Light
JOHN PERKINS TO B. FRANKLIN. 3 August, 1752.
TO JOHN PERKINS. 13 August, 1752.
Concerning the Smallpox in Philadelphia
TO CADWALLADER COLDEN. 14 September, 1752.
Remarks on Mr. Colden's Theory of Light.
Translation of Electrical Papers into French
CADWALLADER COLDEN TO B FRANKLIN. 24 Oct. 1752.
Cause of the Cohesion of the Particles of Matter. -
Concerning a Translation of a German Writer's Re-
marks on Mr. Colden's Philosophical Principles
Physical and Meteorological Observations, Conjectures, and
Suppositions
JOHN PERKINS TO B. FRANKLIN. 23 October, 1752.
Further Remarks on Water-Spouts
W. MERCER TO B. FRANKLIN. 11 November, 1752.
Description of a Water-Spout at Antigua
TO JOHN PERKINS. 4 February, 1753.
Water-Spouts and Whirlwinds compared
TO JAMES BOWDOIN. 28 February, 1753.
Relating to the Transit of Mercury in 1753
TO JARED ELIOT. 12 April, 1753.
Properties of Water.
Writings in France
14 May, 1753.
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Water-Spouts and Whirlwinds.
Observations on the Meteorological Paper; by a Gentleman
in Connecticut
Observations in Answer to the Foregoing; by B. Franklin
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Observations on the Meteorological Paper; sent by Cad-
wallader Colden to B. Franklin
Answer to the foregoing Observations; by B. Franklin.
Extracts from Dampier's Voyages, relating to Water-Spouts
WILLIAM SHERVINGTON TO B. FRANKLIN. 20 June, 1753.
On the Transit of Mercury across the Sun, May
6th, 1753, observed at Antigua
To THOMAS CLAP. 8 November, 1753.
On Smeaton's Air-Pump
JAMES BOWDOIN TO B. FRANKLIN. 12 November, 1753.
Concerning the Light in Sea-Water
M. DALIBARD TO B. FRANKLIN.
31 March, 1754.
Intelligence on Philosophical Subjects
CADWALLADER COLDEN TO B. FRANKLIN. 2 April, 1754.
Water-Spouts. Wind generated by Fermenta-
tion. Winds blowing in contrary Directions.
New Theory of the Motion of the Planets best
suited for calculating Astronomical Tables. - Abbé
Nollet's Book
TO JOHN PRINGLE. 6 January, 1758.
CADWALLADER COLDEN TO P. COLLINSON. 28 May, 1754.
On Water-Spouts
TO PETER COLLINSON. 25 August, 1755.
Account of a Whirlwind in Maryland
TO JOHN LINING. 14 April, 1757.
On Cold produced by Evaporation
JOHN BARTRAM TO B. FRANKLIN.
On the different Strata of the Earth
TO JOHN LIning. 17 June, 1758.
12 November, 1757.
Relating to a remarkable Aurora Borealis
Experiment with Ether for producing Cold by
Evaporation.-Water kept cool in hot Countries.
---The human Body cooled by Evaporation.-
The Surface of the Earth and Vegetation cooled
in the same Manner
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