The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin;: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself: : Together with Essays Humorous, Moral, and Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator, Volume 1 |
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... experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and ftrongly impreffed on my imagination . ୮ My father at length decided that I fhould be a cutler , and I was placed for fome days upon trial with my coufin Samuel , fon of ...
... experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and ftrongly impreffed on my imagination . ୮ My father at length decided that I fhould be a cutler , and I was placed for fome days upon trial with my coufin Samuel , fon of ...
Page 120
... experiments , with all the ardor and thirst for difcovery which characterized the philofophers of that day . Of all the branches of experimental philosophy , electricity had been leaft explored . The attrac- tive power of amber is ...
... experiments , with all the ardor and thirst for difcovery which characterized the philofophers of that day . Of all the branches of experimental philosophy , electricity had been leaft explored . The attrac- tive power of amber is ...
Page 121
... experiments , which ad- ded not a little to the fcience . He made the difcovery of two kinds of electricity , which he called vitreous and refinous ; the former produced by rubbing glafs , the latter from excited fulphur , fealing - wax ...
... experiments , which ad- ded not a little to the fcience . He made the difcovery of two kinds of electricity , which he called vitreous and refinous ; the former produced by rubbing glafs , the latter from excited fulphur , fealing - wax ...
Page 122
... experiments ; the refult of which is well known . He was enabled to make a number of important discoveries , and to propofe theories to account for various phenomena ; which have been univerfally adopted , and which bid fair to endure ...
... experiments ; the refult of which is well known . He was enabled to make a number of important discoveries , and to propofe theories to account for various phenomena ; which have been univerfally adopted , and which bid fair to endure ...
Page 124
... experiment . The plan which he had originally proposed , was , to erect on fome high tower , or other elevated place ... experiments in phi- lofophy . He placed himself under a fhed to avoid the rain . His kite was raised . A thun- der ...
... experiment . The plan which he had originally proposed , was , to erect on fome high tower , or other elevated place ... experiments in phi- lofophy . He placed himself under a fhed to avoid the rain . His kite was raised . A thun- der ...
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