The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 pages |
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Page 109
... philoso- phy at Erfurt , and Dr. Ludolf , of Berlin . The result of their researches astonished the philoso- phers of Europe . Their apparatus was large , and Be- by means of it they were enabled to collect large 10 LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 109.
... philoso- phy at Erfurt , and Dr. Ludolf , of Berlin . The result of their researches astonished the philoso- phers of Europe . Their apparatus was large , and Be- by means of it they were enabled to collect large 10 LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 109.
Page 114
... Europe to repeat the ex- periment , amongst whom none signalized them- selves more than Father Beccaria , of Turin , to whose observations science is much indebted . Even the cold regions of Russia were penetrated by the ardor for ...
... Europe to repeat the ex- periment , amongst whom none signalized them- selves more than Father Beccaria , of Turin , to whose observations science is much indebted . Even the cold regions of Russia were penetrated by the ardor for ...
Page 115
... Europe , was too mortifying to be admitted . He must certainly have taken the idea from some one else . An American , a being of an inferior order , make discoveries ! -- Impossible . It was said , that the Abbe Nollet , 1743 , had ...
... Europe , was too mortifying to be admitted . He must certainly have taken the idea from some one else . An American , a being of an inferior order , make discoveries ! -- Impossible . It was said , that the Abbe Nollet , 1743 , had ...
Page 116
... Europe . Besides these great principles , Franklin's let- ters on electricity contain a number of facts and hints , which have contributed greatly towards reducing this branch of knowledge to a science . His friend Mr. Kinnersley ...
... Europe . Besides these great principles , Franklin's let- ters on electricity contain a number of facts and hints , which have contributed greatly towards reducing this branch of knowledge to a science . His friend Mr. Kinnersley ...
Page 117
... Europe stepped forth in defence of Franklin's principles , amongst whom D'Alibard and Beccaria were the most distinguished . The opposition has gradually ceased , and the Franklinian system is now uni- versally adopted , where science ...
... Europe stepped forth in defence of Franklin's principles , amongst whom D'Alibard and Beccaria were the most distinguished . The opposition has gradually ceased , and the Franklinian system is now uni- versally adopted , where science ...
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