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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... mentioned , may appear proba- ble , if we attend to the only efficient cause in supposed ascending spouts , viz . whirlwinds . We know that the rarefaction of the lower , and the condensation of the upper region of air , are the only ...
... mentioned , may appear proba- ble , if we attend to the only efficient cause in supposed ascending spouts , viz . whirlwinds . We know that the rarefaction of the lower , and the condensation of the upper region of air , are the only ...
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... mentioned the above proposal to his son , with a desire that he should speak to you on the subject . Please send me authentic accounts of the observa- tions of the transit of Venus made in as many places as you can conveniently procure ...
... mentioned the above proposal to his son , with a desire that he should speak to you on the subject . Please send me authentic accounts of the observa- tions of the transit of Venus made in as many places as you can conveniently procure ...
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... mentioned to you , of raising a flame on the surface of some waters there . When I passed through New Jersey in 1764 , I heard it several times mentioned , that , by applying a lighted candle near the surface of some of their rivers , a ...
... mentioned to you , of raising a flame on the surface of some waters there . When I passed through New Jersey in 1764 , I heard it several times mentioned , that , by applying a lighted candle near the surface of some of their rivers , a ...
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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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