Complete Works
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共 291 题- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
- VOL. 1.
- PRINTED,
- IN THREE VOLUMES.
- VOL. I.
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- CONTENTS.
- VOL. I.
- LIFE of Dr. FRANKLIN 1
- LETTERS AND PAPERS ON ELECTRICITY.
- Introductory Letter. 169
- Introductory letter to some additional papers. 216
- Unlimited nature of the electric force. 250
- Electrical kite. 267
- Notice of another packet of letters. 313
- On the electricity of the tourmalin. 369
- New observation relating to electricity in the atmosphere. 373
- Flash of lightning that struck St. Bride's steeple. 374
- Best method of securing a powder magazine from lightning. 375
- On the utility of electrical conductors. 400
- On the effects of electricity in paralytic cases. 401
- Electrical experiments on amber. 403
- On the electricity of the fogs in Ireland. 405
- On the analogy between magnetism and electricity. 410
- Concerning the mode of rendering meat tender by electricity. 413
- Concerning the Leyden bottle. 418
- APPENDIX.
- No. 1. Account of experiments made in electricity at Marly. 420
- A more particular account of the same, &c. 422
- LIST OF THE PLATES
- PLATE I. Electrical Experiments facing page 182
- PLATE II. Electrical Air Thermometer 336
- PLATE III. Cavendish Experiment 348
- PLATE IV. Lightning Rod Experiments 388
- MY DEAR SON,
- PETER FOLGER.
- And in the same poem he afterwards advis
- Mr. Denham took a warehouse in Water-str
- FOOTNOTES:
- OLD TRANSLATION.
- FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTE:
- THE BODY
- OF
- PRINTER.
- ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT,
- AND STRIPT OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING)
- LIES HERE FOOD FOR WORMS;
- YET THE WORK ITSELF SHALL NOT BE LOST,
- FOR IT WILL (AS HE BELIEVED) APPEAR ONCE MORE
- IN A NEW
- AND MORE BEAUTIFUL EDITION
- CORRECTED AND AMENDED
- BY
- THE AUTHOR.[14]
- FROM THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
- DR. FRANKLIN.
- PHILADELPHIA,
- CODICIL.
- FOOTNOTE:
- LETTERS AND PAPERS
- ON
- ON
- PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS.
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- INTRODUCTORY LETTER.
- SIR,
- I am, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- SIR,
- 4. After such strong spark, neither of them discover any electricity.
- I am, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- SIR,
- EXPERIMENT I.
- EXPERIMENT II.
- EXPERIMENT III.
- EXPERIMENT IV.
- EXPERIMENT V.
- EXPERIMENT VI.
- EXPERIMENT VII.
- EXPERIMENT VIII.
- EXPERIMENT IX.
- EXPERIMENT X.
- EXPERIMENT XI.
- I am, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- SIR,
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- SIR,
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- SIR,
- I am, Sir,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS:
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- SIR,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO C. C[58]. ESQ. AT NEW-YORK, COMMUNICATED TO MR. COLLINSON.
- SIR,
- I am, with sincere respect,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- QUERIES AND ANSWERS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING LETTER.
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO C. C[62]. ESQ. AT NEW YORK.
- SIR,
- I am, Sir, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SIR,
- I am, &c.
- E. KINNERSLEY.
- TO MR. E. KINNERSLEY, AT BOSTON.
- SIR,
- I am, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- TO MR. E. KINNERSLEY, AT BOSTON.
- SIR,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTE:
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- SIR,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- SIR,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- SIR,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTS,
- EXPERIMENT I.
- EXPERIMENT II.
- EXPERIMENT III.
- EXPERIMENT IV.
- EXPERIMENT V.
- EXPERIMENT VI.
- EXPERIMENT VII.
- EXPERIMENT VIII.
- EXPERIMENT IX.
- EXPERIMENTS
- PRINCIPLES.
- PREPARATION.
- EXPERIMENT I.
- EXPERIMENT II.
- EXPERIMENT III.
- TO DR. L----[65], AT CHARLES TOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA.
- SIR,
- I am, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SIR,
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO PETER COLLINSON, ESQ. F. R. S. LONDON.
- DEAR FRIEND.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SIR,
- I am, &c.
- J. B.
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO J. B. AT BOSTON.
- SIR,
- I am, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FROM J. B. ESQ. OF BOSTON, TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ESQ. AT PHILADELPHIA.
- SIR,
- I am, &c.
- J. B.
- FOOTNOTE:
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTE:
- FROM MR. KINNERSLEY TO B. FRANKLIN, ESQ.
- SIR,
- I am, Sir, with sincere respect,
- EBEN. KINNERSLEY.
- TO MR. KINNERSLEY.
- SIR,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- REMARKS BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
- TO DR. H[78]. AT LONDON.
- SIR,
- I heated the large stone in boiling water.
- I suspended the small stone by a silk thread.
- I heated it as it hung, in boiling water.
- I heated the large one in boiling water.
- I am, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTE:
- FROM PROFESSOR WINTHROP, TO B. FRANKLIN.
- SIR,
- I am, Sir, &c.
- FROM MR. A. S[79]. TO B. F.
- A. S.
- FOOTNOTE:
- TO MR. P. F[80]. NEWPORT.
- I am, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTE:
- B. FRANKLIN.
- ANSWER TO THE ABOVE.
- I am, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTES:
- EXPERIMENT I.
- OBSERVATION.
- EXPERIMENT II.
- OBSERVATION.
- EXPERIMENT III.
- OBSERVATION.
- EXPERIMENT IV.
- OBSERVATION.
- EXPERIMENT V.
- OBSERVATION.
- EXPERIMENT VI.
- OBSERVATION.
- B. F.
- FOOTNOTES:
- TO PROFESSOR LANDRIANI, OF ITALY.
- SIR,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- TO JOHN PRINGLE, M. D. AND F. R. S.
- SIR,
- I am, with great respect, Sir,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- TO THOMAS RONAYNE, ESQ. AT CORKE[91].
- SIR,
- I am, Sir, &c.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTE:
- ADDITION, _12th August, 1772,_
- TO M. DUBOURG.
- SIR,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- TO MESSRS. DUBOURG AND D'ALIBARD[92].
- MY DEAR FRIENDS,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- FOOTNOTE:
- TO M. DUBOURG.
- SIR,
- B. FRANKLIN.
- TO MISS STEPHENSON.
- B. FRANKLIN.
- APPENDIX.
- SIR,
- I am, with a profound respect,
- G. MAZEAS.
- FOOTNOTE:
- EXTRAIT D'UN MEMOIRE
- DE M. D'ALIBARD,
- GENTLEMEN,
- W. WATSON.
- SIR,
- END OF VOLUME THE FIRST.
- J. CUNDEE, PRINTER,
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