Description
- Notes:
- par M. Benjamin Franklin; & communiquées dans plusieurs lettres à M. P. Collinson de la Société Royale de Londres. ; Traduites de l'anglois.
- Translation, by T. F. Dalibard, of "Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America," first published London: E. Cave, 1751.
- Caption title, p. [1], 4th count, reads: Lettres sur l'électricité de M. Benj. Franklin de Philadelphie en Amérique, a M. P. Collinson de la Société Royale de Londres.
- These experiments were also the work of Thomas Hopkinson, Ebenezer Kinnersley, and Philip Syng. Cf. Ford, 77.
- Colophon, p. [29] at end, reads: De l'imprimerie de Moreau.
- Signatures: a⁸ b⁴ a-e⁸ A-N⁸ O⁸ (-O8) P⁸ Q⁸ (Q8 blank)
- Page 184 misnumbered 484.
- "Histoire abregée de l'electricité," by the translator, p. [i]-lxx.
- Errata: p. [30] at end.
- Includes index.
Citation
"Expériences et observations sur l'électricité faites a Philadelphie en Amérique"
(1752).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:733610/
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