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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Corporate Authors:	Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress), Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Contributors:	Hulett, James, -1771, (Engraver), Cole, B. (Engraver), Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, (Engraver), Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864, (Inscriber)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for David Henry, and sold by Francis Newberry ..., 1769.
Subjects and Genres:	Electricity > Early works to 1850. Physics > Early works to 1800. Physics. Electricity. Electric power. Electricity Physics Électricité > Ouvrages avant 1850. Électricité > Histoire. Physique > Ouvrages avant 1800. Électricité. Physique. electricity. physics. Early works.
Online Access:	Online version in PDF (22 MB) Online version in TIFF (29 MB)
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Item Description:	Paging irregular: nos. 111-112, 416-417 and 465-472 repeated. Some woodcut initials and illustrations throughout text. Plates signed J. Hulett, B. Cole or T. Jefferys. LC copy 1 has unsigned plate I [bound after p. iv], plates II, IV-VII signed: J. Hulett sculp., plate III signed B. Cole sculp. Plates II and III are folded. Fourth edition, of the Experiments and observations. Cf. advertisement, following t.p. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-U⁴ X² Y-3X⁴. Vertical chainlines for all gatherings except 2E-2R. Errata: p. [2], 2nd sequence. Includes half-title and index. LC copy has [2] p. with errata bound between p. [ii] and [iii] in preliminary sequence.
Physical Description:	[2], iv, [2], 496 [i.e. 508], [16] p., VII leaves of plates (partly folded) ; ill. (engravings, woodcuts) ; 23 cm. (4to) Also available in PDF and TIFF formats from the NOAA Central Library.
Place of Publication:	England -- London.