Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2008-12-25 Public domain in the USA. 114 Franklin, Benjamin 1706 1790 Canton, John 1718 1772 Colden, David 1733 1784 Dalibard, Thomas François 1703 1799 Dalibard, Thomas Francois d'Alibard, Thomas François 21001351 Experiments and observations on electricity. French Expériences et observations sur l'électricité faites à Philadelphie en Amérique Produced by Sébastien Blondeel, Carlo Traverso, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Expériences et observations sur l'électricité faites à Philadelphie en Amérique" by M. Benjamin Franklin is a scientific publication likely written in the mid-18th century. The book is a collection of letters discussing various electrical experiments and observations conducted by Franklin, providing insights into the nature and effects of electricity. The work is notable for its empirical approach, where Franklin presents his findings and theories regarding electricity, contributing to the body of knowledge in physics. At the start of the text, Franklin communicates his initial observations related to electricity through letters to his correspondent, M. P. Collinson. He details experiments involving the electric bottle and discusses the concept of electrical charge, introducing terms such as “positive” and “negative” electricity. Franklin emphasizes the importance of systematic experimentation and careful observation, indicating that the understanding of electricity is still in its infancy, despite prior knowledge. He expresses a commitment to using empirical data to explore the mysteries of electricity, setting the stage for the experiments and theories that follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Nollet, abbé (Jean Antoine), 1700-1770. Lettres sur l'électricité Electricity -- Early works to 1850 Electricity -- History QC Text Physics FR Sciences et Techniques Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - Physics Browsing: Science - General 582400 576073 2024-09-12T04:25:05.696677 2023-09-12T08:06:48.171963 text/html text/html 554555 2021-01-04T13:45:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 318613 2021-01-04T13:45:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 409205 2024-09-12T04:25:17.808045 application/epub+zip 413659 2024-09-12T04:25:09.258132 application/epub+zip 282828 2024-09-12T04:25:07.172687 application/epub+zip 1025303 2024-09-12T04:25:23.326061 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 948483 2024-09-12T04:25:15.666188 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552207 2022-09-13T03:35:52.687673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 470729 470432 2024-09-12T04:25:04.016636 2023-09-12T08:06:46.532934 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 456657 2021-01-04T13:45:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 157436 2021-01-04T13:45:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21065 2024-09-12T04:25:23.491083 application/rdf+xml 25363 2024-09-12T04:25:07.594122 image/jpeg 4627 2024-09-12T04:25:07.383128 image/jpeg 385620 2024-09-12T04:25:05.771633 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia