The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 Seiten |
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... philosophers of that day . Cr all the branches of experimental philosophy electricity had been least explored . The attrac tive power of amber is mentioned by Theophras tus and Pliny , and from them by later naturalists In the year 1600 ...
... philosophers of that day . Cr all the branches of experimental philosophy electricity had been least explored . The attrac tive power of amber is mentioned by Theophras tus and Pliny , and from them by later naturalists In the year 1600 ...
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... philosophers . Collinson , about the year 1745 , sent to the Library Company of Philadel- phia an account of these experiments , together with a tube , and directions how to use it . Frank- lin , with some of his friends , immediately ...
... philosophers . Collinson , about the year 1745 , sent to the Library Company of Philadel- phia an account of these experiments , together with a tube , and directions how to use it . Frank- lin , with some of his friends , immediately ...
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... philosophers soon excited those of other parts of Europe to repeat the ex- periment , amongst whom none signalized them- selves more than Father Beccaria , of Turin , to whose observations science is much indebted . Even the cold ...
... philosophers soon excited those of other parts of Europe to repeat the ex- periment , amongst whom none signalized them- selves more than Father Beccaria , of Turin , to whose observations science is much indebted . Even the cold ...
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... philosophers of Europe , was too mortifying to be admitted . He must certainly have taken the idea from some one else . An American , a being of an inferior order , make discoveries ! -- Impossible . It was said , that the Abbe Nollet ...
... philosophers of Europe , was too mortifying to be admitted . He must certainly have taken the idea from some one else . An American , a being of an inferior order , make discoveries ! -- Impossible . It was said , that the Abbe Nollet ...
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... philosophers in Europe . Besides these great principles , Franklin's let- ters on electricity contain a number of facts and hints , which have contributed greatly towards reducing this branch of knowledge to a science . His friend Mr ...
... philosophers in Europe . Besides these great principles , Franklin's let- ters on electricity contain a number of facts and hints , which have contributed greatly towards reducing this branch of knowledge to a science . His friend Mr ...
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