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, Band 6Childs & Peterson, 1840 |
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... close the fire at nights . The more forward you can make your fire on the hearth - plate , not to be incommoded by the smoke , the sooner and more will the room be warmed . At night , when you go to bed , cover the coals or brands with ...
... close the fire at nights . The more forward you can make your fire on the hearth - plate , not to be incommoded by the smoke , the sooner and more will the room be warmed . At night , when you go to bed , cover the coals or brands with ...
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... close above it . If there is no wood in the breast , you may arch over and close even with the lower part of the breast . By this closing the chimney is made tight , • See page 49 , where the trap - door is described , that ought to be ...
... close above it . If there is no wood in the breast , you may arch over and close even with the lower part of the breast . By this closing the chimney is made tight , • See page 49 , where the trap - door is described , that ought to be ...
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... close contact with metals will for the same reason prevent the burning of more inflammable sub- stances . A flaxen thread , bound close round an iron poker , will not burn in the flame of a candle ; for it must imbibe a certain quantity ...
... close contact with metals will for the same reason prevent the burning of more inflammable sub- stances . A flaxen thread , bound close round an iron poker , will not burn in the flame of a candle ; for it must imbibe a certain quantity ...
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A Proposal for promoting Useful Knowledge among | 14 |
TO CADWALLADER COLDEN 4 November 1743 | 25 |
CADWALLADER COLDEN TO B FRANKLIN Dec 1744 | 32 |
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