Essays by Benjamin Franklin
Author | : Benjamin Franklin |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780871692887 |
ISBN-13 | : 0871692880 |
Rating | : 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Download or read book Essays by Benjamin Franklin written by Benjamin Franklin and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays have been collected and edited by the Amer. Philosophical Soc., of which Franklin was a founder, to honor the Society’s 275th Anniversary. Contents: Letter to Mr. Nairne, of London, from Dr. Franklin, Proposing a Slowly Sensible Hygrometer for Certain Purposes; A Letter from Dr. B. Franklin, to Dr. Ingenhausz, Physician to the Emperor, at Vienna, on the Causes and Cures of Smokey Chimneys; Description of a New Stove for Burning of Pitcoal, and Consuming All Its Smoke, by Dr. Franklin; A Letter from Dr. Franklin, to Mr. Alphonsus le Roy, Member of Several Academies, at Paris. Containing Sundry Maritime Observations. Illus.