Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator...G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793 - 316 Seiten |
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... tricity , which he called vitreous and re- finous ; the former produced by rubbing glafs , the latter from excited fulphur , fealing - wax , & c . But this idea he after- wards gave up as erroneous . Between the years 1739 and 1742 ...
... tricity , which he called vitreous and re- finous ; the former produced by rubbing glafs , the latter from excited fulphur , fealing - wax , & c . But this idea he after- wards gave up as erroneous . Between the years 1739 and 1742 ...
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... tricity . We give him the honour of this , without hefitation ; although the English have claimed it for their coun- tryman Dr. Watfon . Watfon's paper is dated January 21 , 1748 ; Franklin's , July 11 , 1747 ; feveral months prior ...
... tricity . We give him the honour of this , without hefitation ; although the English have claimed it for their coun- tryman Dr. Watfon . Watfon's paper is dated January 21 , 1748 ; Franklin's , July 11 , 1747 ; feveral months prior ...
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... tricity . On the 10th of May , 1752 , a thunder cloud paffed over it , in the ab- fence of M. D'Alibard ; and a number of fparks were drawn from it by Coiffier , a joiner , with whom D'Alibard had left directions how to proceed , and by ...
... tricity . On the 10th of May , 1752 , a thunder cloud paffed over it , in the ab- fence of M. D'Alibard ; and a number of fparks were drawn from it by Coiffier , a joiner , with whom D'Alibard had left directions how to proceed , and by ...
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... tricity . By these experiments Franklin's the ory was established in the most firm man- ner . When the truth of it could no longer be doubted , the vanity of men endeavoured to detract from its merit . That an American , an inhabitant ...
... tricity . By these experiments Franklin's the ory was established in the most firm man- ner . When the truth of it could no longer be doubted , the vanity of men endeavoured to detract from its merit . That an American , an inhabitant ...
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