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Title

  • Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America

Other Title

  • Supplemental experiments and observations on electircity
  • Supplemental experiments and observations on electricity

Names

  • Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
  • Cave, Edward, 1691-1754, printer.
  • Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, engraver.
  • Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886, former owner.
  • Kebler, Leonard, donor.
  • Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed and sold by E. Cave ..., 1751-1753.

Headings

  • -  Electricity--Early works to 1850
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Vertical chain lines. The leaves of the supplement have horizontal chain lines.
  • -  Pt. 1: [4], 86, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; pt. 2: [3], 90-107 [i.e. 109], [1] p.
  • -  Illustrations on leaf of plate signed: T. Jefferys sculp.
  • -  Part 2 has special t.p. which reads: Supplemental experiments and observations on electircity [sic], part II. Made at Philadelphia in America, by Benjamin Franklin, Esq; and communicated in several letters to P. Collinson, Esq; of London, F.R.S. London : Printed and sold by E. Cave, at St. John's Gate. 1753.
  • -  Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 77, 93
  • -  ESTC T11748
  • -  Errata: pt. 1: p. 85-86; pt. 2: p. [1] at end.
  • -  "Books printed and sold by Edward Cave": pt. 1, p. [1]-[2] at end.
  • -  LC copy 1, pt. 2 has bookplate of Henry Stevens.
  • -  LAC tnb 2021-09-01 update (1 card)
  • -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Not Approved 2018-08-27
  • -  LAC Review Completed 2018-08-16

Medium

  • 2 v. : ill. (engraving) ; 22 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QC516 .F85 1751
  • QC516 .F85 1751 Copy 2 LC copy has pt. 1 only. Gift: Leonard Kebler, January 12, 1949; Received 6-13-49.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04006387

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Franklin, Benjamin, Edward Cave, Thomas Jefferys, Henry Stevens, Leonard Kebler, and Benjamin Franklin Collection. Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America. London: Printed and sold by E. Cave ..., to 1753, 1751. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/04006387/.

APA citation style:

Franklin, B., Cave, E., Jefferys, T., Stevens, H., Kebler, L. & Benjamin Franklin Collection. (1751) Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America. London: Printed and sold by E. Cave ..., to 1753. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/04006387/.

MLA citation style:

Franklin, Benjamin, et al. Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America. London: Printed and sold by E. Cave ..., to 1753, 1751. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/04006387/>.