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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... wood must be cut into three lengths ; or else a short piece , fit for the fire - place , cut off , and the longer left for the kitchen or other fires . Dry hickory , or ash , or any woods that burn with a clear flame , are rather to be ...
... wood must be cut into three lengths ; or else a short piece , fit for the fire - place , cut off , and the longer left for the kitchen or other fires . Dry hickory , or ash , or any woods that burn with a clear flame , are rather to be ...
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... wood will serve you , which is a considerable advantage where wood is dear . * People , who have used these fire - places , differ much in their accounts of the wood saved by them . Some say five sixths , others three fourths , and ...
... wood will serve you , which is a considerable advantage where wood is dear . * People , who have used these fire - places , differ much in their accounts of the wood saved by them . Some say five sixths , others three fourths , and ...
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... wood , it does not seem so cold to me as the lock ; because ( as I imagine ) wood is not so good a conductor , to receive and convey away the heat from my skin and the adjacent flesh , as metal is . Take a piece of wood , of the size ...
... wood , it does not seem so cold to me as the lock ; because ( as I imagine ) wood is not so good a conductor , to receive and convey away the heat from my skin and the adjacent flesh , as metal is . Take a piece of wood , of the size ...
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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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