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    Experiments and Observations on Electricity is a treatise by Benjamin Franklin based on letters that he wrote to Peter Collinson, who communicated Franklin's...
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  • The following is a list of historically important scientific experiments and observations demonstrating something of great scientific interest, typically...
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    Wayback Machine "A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain." "Experiments and Observations on Electricity." (1751) "Fart Proudly: Writings...
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    in a book entitled Experiments and Observations on Electricity. While Joseph Priestley was writing about the history of electricity, Franklin encouraged...
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    of electricity consisting of both positive and negative charges. In 1775, Hugh Williamson reported a series of experiments to the Royal Society on the...
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    of Electricity, Franklin's Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Cavalli's Treatise on Electricity and De la Rive's Treatise on Electricity. Henry...
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  • Experiments and Observations on Electricity into French, performed Franklin's proposed experiment using a 40-foot-tall metal rod at Marly-la-Ville on...
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    John Winthrop of 2 July 1768 Franklin, Benjamin (1769). Experiments And Observations On Electricity, Made At Philadelphia in America …. London, England:...
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    some inflammable chemical oil." Franklin, Benjamin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity at Philadelphia in America (London, England: Francis...
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    translation of Franklin's Experiments and Observations on Electricity into French. Franklin and Nollet debated the nature of electricity, with Franklin supporting...
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