Memoirs of the Life and Writings of B.F. ...

W. Colburn, 1819 - 450 pages

OF	1

Remarks on some of the foregoing Observations showing	11

On the price of Corn and management of the Poor	25

On Smuggling and its various species	34

Observations on War	40

Plan for benefiting distant unprovided Countries	49

Positions to be examined	57

Principles of Trade	65

On the Spots in the Sun a new hypothesis	216

On the choice of Glass for the Leyden Experiment	223

On the nature of Sea Coal	232

Preparatory Notes and Hints for writing a paper concern	239

Letter from Mr W Small on the same subject	252

Moist Air not unhealthy To Dr Percival	258

Attempt to explain the effects of Lightning on the vane	278

On ElectricityThe Leyden Bottle and M Voltas	290

Reflections on Coin in general	98

Thoughts concerning the Sugar Islands	107

On the Criminal Laws and the practice of Privateering	119

On the Elective Franchises enjoyed by the small Boroughs	129

Militia preferable to Regular Troops	135

PART IV	141

Answer to some Queries of Monsieur Dubourg respecting	148

Curious instance of the effect of Oil on Water	151

Conjecture as to Elephants being natives of America	157

On Astronomical Subjects Electricity c	164

On the free use of Air To Monsieur Dubourg	172

On Rain in a letter to Dr Percival	194

Experiments Observations and Facts relative to	203

On a newinvented Stove To the Marquis Turgot	297

On Conductors of Heat c To Dr Ingenhausz	303

Copy of a Letter from Sir John Pringle to Mr A Small	309

On the Theory of the Earth and its Magnetism	315

On an Electrical Experiment	321

To Mr Nairne on his Patent Electrical Machine and	324

Meteorological Imaginations and Conjectures	337

On ElectricityA threewheeled ClockGravitation	353

New method of Warming and keeping Rooms Warm	396

On Improvements in Navigation addressed to Monsieur	431

Remarks on the Gulph Stream	476

On the pernicious quality of Lead c addressed to	489

On BalloonsPigeons killed by Lightningaddressed	495

Title	Memoirs of the Life and Writings of B.F. ... Volume 6 of Memoirs of the Life and Writings of B.F, Benjamin Franklin
Author	Benjamin Franklin
Publisher	W. Colburn, 1819
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	12 Jul 2007
Length	450 pages

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