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Experiments and observations on electricity made at Philadelphia in America. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781275860285)
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xTitle: Experiments and observations on electricity made at Philadelphia in America.
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP04670000
CollectionID: CTRG04-B50
PublicationDate: 17690101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Second and third editions published under title: New experiments and observations on electricity. "Advertisement concerning this fourth edition" p. [vi]. Paging irregular: nos. 111-112, 416-417 and 465-472 repeated. Contents principally communicated to Peter Collinson, F.R.S., London, in a series of letters. Includes remarks by E. Kinnersley, G. Mazeas, W. Watson, D. Colden (on Abbé Nollet's Letters on electricity), J. Canton, W. Maine, and J. Winthrop, among others identified only by initials. Includes index.
Collation: 496 [i.e. 508] p., [7] leaves of plates (2 fold.): ill., music; 26 cm
Author: Benjamin Franklin
ISBN-10: 1275860281
ISBN-13: 9781275860285
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Language: English
Published: 02/23/2012
Pages: 540
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 1.09d
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
++++
The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++
SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP04670000
CollectionID: CTRG04-B50
PublicationDate: 17690101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Second and third editions published under title: New experiments and observations on electricity. "Advertisement concerning this fourth edition" p. [vi]. Paging irregular: nos. 111-112, 416-417 and 465-472 repeated. Contents principally communicated to Peter Collinson, F.R.S., London, in a series of letters. Includes remarks by E. Kinnersley, G. Mazeas, W. Watson, D. Colden (on Abbé Nollet's Letters on electricity), J. Canton, W. Maine, and J. Winthrop, among others identified only by initials. Includes index.
Collation: 496 [i.e. 508] p., [7] leaves of plates (2 fold.): ill., music; 26 cm
Author: Benjamin Franklin
ISBN-10: 1275860281
ISBN-13: 9781275860285
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Language: English
Published: 02/23/2012
Pages: 540
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 1.09d
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