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... |
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Page 145
... observed me , and in a loud and angry tone told me to mind my work ; adding fome reproachful words , which piqued me the more as they were uttered in the ftreet ; and the neighbours , whom the fame noife had attracted to the windows ...
... observed me , and in a loud and angry tone told me to mind my work ; adding fome reproachful words , which piqued me the more as they were uttered in the ftreet ; and the neighbours , whom the fame noife had attracted to the windows ...
Page 203
... observations and expe- riments to the world . For feveral years electricity was entirely neglected , until Mr. Grey applied himself to it , in 1728 , with great affiduity . He , and his friend Mr. Wheeler , made a great variety of ...
... observations and expe- riments to the world . For feveral years electricity was entirely neglected , until Mr. Grey applied himself to it , in 1728 , with great affiduity . He , and his friend Mr. Wheeler , made a great variety of ...
Page 218
... observed ; that the glass globe charged pofitively , or increafed the quan- tity of electricity on the prime conduc- tor , whilft the globe of fulphur dimi- nished its natural quantity , or charged negatively . These experiments and ob ...
... observed ; that the glass globe charged pofitively , or increafed the quan- tity of electricity on the prime conduc- tor , whilft the globe of fulphur dimi- nished its natural quantity , or charged negatively . These experiments and ob ...
Page 224
... observation , he has rendered of no avail an elegant and lengthy difcourfe , and determined the fate of a queftion of importance . But he was not contented with thus fupporting the rights of the people . He wished to render them ...
... observation , he has rendered of no avail an elegant and lengthy difcourfe , and determined the fate of a queftion of importance . But he was not contented with thus fupporting the rights of the people . He wished to render them ...
Page 265
... south - west parts . It appears , from actual observation , that a north - eaft ftorm , which extended a confiderable distance , commenced at Philadelphia Philadelphia nearly four hours before it it was felt at DR . FRANKLIN . 265.
... south - west parts . It appears , from actual observation , that a north - eaft ftorm , which extended a confiderable distance , commenced at Philadelphia Philadelphia nearly four hours before it it was felt at DR . FRANKLIN . 265.
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