The Life of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; Together with a Number of His Humorous, Moral, and Literary Essays, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator |
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... electricity had been least explored . The attractive power of amber is men- tioned by Theophrastus and Pliny , and ... electricity , and the light and noise produced by it.- In 1709 , Hawkesbec communicated some important observations ...
... electricity had been least explored . The attractive power of amber is men- tioned by Theophrastus and Pliny , and ... electricity , and the light and noise produced by it.- In 1709 , Hawkesbec communicated some important observations ...
Page 100
... electricity may be communicated from one body to another , even without being in contact , and in this way may be conducted to a great distance . Mr. Gray afterwards found , that , by suspending rods of iron by silk or hair lines , and ...
... electricity may be communicated from one body to another , even without being in contact , and in this way may be conducted to a great distance . Mr. Gray afterwards found , that , by suspending rods of iron by silk or hair lines , and ...
Page 101
... electricity would remain . He afterwards demonstrated , by experi- ments , that the electricity did not reside in the coat- ing , as had been supposed , but in the pores of the glass itself . After a phial was charged , he removed the ...
... electricity would remain . He afterwards demonstrated , by experi- ments , that the electricity did not reside in the coat- ing , as had been supposed , but in the pores of the glass itself . After a phial was charged , he removed the ...
Page 102
... electricity and lightning , and knowing the power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity , and in conducting their fire silently and imperceptibly , he suggests the idea of securing houses , ships , & c . from being ...
... electricity and lightning , and knowing the power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity , and in conducting their fire silently and imperceptibly , he suggests the idea of securing houses , ships , & c . from being ...
Page 103
... electricity appeared . He almost despaired of success ; when suddenly he observed the loose fibres of his string to move towards an erect position . He now presented his knuckle to the key , and received a strong spark . How exquisite ...
... electricity appeared . He almost despaired of success ; when suddenly he observed the loose fibres of his string to move towards an erect position . He now presented his knuckle to the key , and received a strong spark . How exquisite ...
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Page 260 - I doubt, too, whether any other Convention we can obtain may be able to make a better Constitution. For when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their pas,sions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views.
Page 157 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Page 232 - We are however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, tho* -we decline accepting it : and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.
Page 261 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Page 232 - But you who are wise, must know, that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours.
Page 233 - ... he intended to say or has any thing to add, he may rise again and deliver it. To interrupt another, even in common conversation, is reckoned highly indecent.
Page 177 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Page 159 - I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Page 177 - It shows, besides, that you are mindful of what you owe; it makes you appear a careful as well as an honest man, and that still increases your credit. Beware of thinking all your own that you possess, and of living accordingly.
Page 159 - When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle.