Experiences et observations sur l'électrité faites a Philadelphie en Amérique (v.1)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Experiences et observations sur l'électrité faites a Philadelphie en Amérique (v.1)
Other titles: Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America; Lettres sur l'électricité de M. Benj. Franklin de Philadelphie en Amérique
Classmark: Anglo-French 3 1756/FRA
Creator(s): Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Additional creator(s): Canton, John (1718-1772) (Other); Colden, David (1733-1784) (Other); Dalibard, Thomas François (1703-1799) (Other); Hopkinson, Thomas (1709-1751) (Other); Kinnersley, Ebenezer (1711-1778) (Other); Syng, Philip (1703-1789) (Other); Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) (Other); Royal Society (Great Britain) (Other)
Related people: Canton, John; Colden, David; Dalibard, Thomas François; Hopkinson, Thomas; Kinnersley, Ebenezer; Syng, Philip; Franklin, Benjamin; Franklin, Benjamin
Publisher: Chez Durand
Publication city: A Paris
Date(s): 1756
Language: French
Size and medium: 2 v
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/247326
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991015690319705181
Description
These experiments were also the work of Thomas Hopkinson, Ebenezer Kinnersley, and Philip Syng. Cf. Ford, 77.
Colophon, v. 2, reads: De l'imprimerie de la veuve Delatouk.
Vol. 1: [6], 28, xc, [12], 245, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 2: [2], 349, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates.
"Histoire abregée de l'électricité," by Dalibard, v. 1, p. [i]-xc, 3rd count.
"Memoire lû à l'Académie royale des sciences, le 13 mai 1752, par M. Dalibard. Experiences et observations sur le tonnerre relatives à celles de Philadelphie," v. 2, p. 67-133.
A paper on the same subject by J. Canton and another by D. Colden of New York, in defence of Mr. Franklin against J. A. Nollet, included in v. 2.
Errata, v. 2, p. [1] at end.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Echeverria & Wilkie. French image 756/11.
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