The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author by Jared Sparks, Band 5Childs & Peterson, 1840 |
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... earth ; a dis- tance , they say , of more than eighty millions of miles . The greatest rectilinear distance within the compass of the earth is about eight thousand miles , equal to its diameter . Supposing , then , that the velocity of ...
... earth ; a dis- tance , they say , of more than eighty millions of miles . The greatest rectilinear distance within the compass of the earth is about eight thousand miles , equal to its diameter . Supposing , then , that the velocity of ...
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... earth that strikes into the clouds , and not the clouds that strike into the earth . Those who are versed in electric experiments , will easily conceive , that the effects and appearances must be nearly the same in either case ; the ...
... earth that strikes into the clouds , and not the clouds that strike into the earth . Those who are versed in electric experiments , will easily conceive , that the effects and appearances must be nearly the same in either case ; the ...
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... earth or a building . It there- fore strikes , through those conductors , a building that would otherwise be out of the striking distance . Long , sharp points communicating with the earth , and presented to such parts of clouds ...
... earth or a building . It there- fore strikes , through those conductors , a building that would otherwise be out of the striking distance . Long , sharp points communicating with the earth , and presented to such parts of clouds ...
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An Account of Negotiations in London for effecting | 1 |
Vindication and Offer from Congress to Parliament | 83 |
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union proposed | 91 |
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