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OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF,
AND CONTINUED BY HIS GRANDSON AND OTHERS.
WITH
HIS SOCIAL EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE, PHILOSOPHICAL, POLITICAL,
AND MORAL LETTERS AND ESSAYS,
AND HIS
DIPLOMATIC TRANSACTIONS AS AGENT AT LONDON AND MINISTER
PLENIPOTENTIARY AT VERSAILLES.
AUGMENTED BY MUCH MATTER NOT CONTAINED IN ANY FORMER EDITION
WITH A
POSTLIMINIOUS PREFACE.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
PHILADELPHIA:
MCARTY & DAVIS, No. 171 MARKET STREET
1840.
973.3
v. 2
LIBRARY OF THE LELAND STANFORD IR UNIVERSITY. ENTERED according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1834, by Mc Carty & Davis, in the
Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
A 40424
MAR 24. 1900
I. Ashinead & Co, I'rinters.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
Page
HISTORICAL.
Introductory Letter to some additional Papers 257
Grievances of Pennsylvania
Opinions and Conjectures concerning the Pro-
V.
perties and Effects of electrical Matter, &c. 258
Dedication to Arthur Onslow
vii.
Additional Experiments with the Leyden Bottle 266
Introduction to the History
viii.
Accumulation of the electrical Fire in the elec-
Review of the Constitution and Government of
trified Glass.-Effect of Lightning explained,
Pennsylvania
&c.
267
Appendix; containing sundry original Papers, Unlimited Nature of the electric Force
268
relative to the several Points of Controversy of the Terms, electric per se and non-electric.
between the Governors and Assemblies of
-Relation between Metals and Water, &c. 268
132 An Experiment towards discovering more of the
qualities of the electrical Fluid
269
HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL BEFORE
Mistake, that only Metal and Water were con-
THE REVOLUTION.
ductors, rectified, &c.
Albany Papers
176 Difference in the Electrcity of a Globe of Glass I. Reasons and Motives on which the Plan of
charged, and a Globe of Sulphur, and the pro- Union was formed
ib. bable Course of their different Attractions and
II. Reasons against partial Unions
177
Repulsions, &c.
271, 272
III. Plan of a proposed Union of the several Electrical Experiment made at Marly
273
Colonies of Massachusett's Bay, New Hamp Letter of W. Watson concerning electrical Ex-
shire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, periments upon Thunder-clouds
275
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Remarks on the Abbé Nollet's Letters, by David
and South Carolina
178 Colden
276
Albany Papers-continued.
Curious Instance of the Effect of Oil on Water 279
I. Letter to Governor Shirley, concerning the Rev. Mr. Farish to Dr. Brownrigg
280
Imposition of direct Taxes upon the Colo Dr. Franklin to Dr. Brownrigg
ib.
nies, without their consent
184 Mr. Tengnagel to Count Bentinck
282
II. Letter to the same; concerning direct The electrical Kite
284
Taxes in the Colonies imposed without con Size of Rods for Conductors to Buildings.-De-
sent, indirect Taxes, and the Albany Plan
scription of a Thunder-cloud
of Union
184 of the positive and negative State of Electricity
III. Letter on the Subject of uniting the Co-
in the Clouds
289
lonies more intimately with Great Britain, Electrical Experiments
by Representatives in Parliament
186 Experiments made in pursuance of those made
The Canada Pamphlet :-
by Mr. Canton; with explanations, by B.
The Interest of Great Britain considered, with
Franklin
292
regard to her Colonies and the Acquisitions Turkey killed by Electricity
293
of Canada and Guadaloupe
190 Dr. Franklin to Dr. Lining on electrical Matters 294
Plain Truth; or, Serious Considerations on the Beccaria's Work on Electricity, &c.
296
present State of the City of Philadelphia, and Dr. Franklin to Peter Collinson
297
Province of Pennsylvania. By a Tradesman Mr. Bowdoin to Dr. Franklin concerning Light.
of Philadelphia
205 ning
298
A Comparison of the Conduct of the ancient Answer to the same, by Dr. Franklin
299
Jews, and of the Anti-federalists in the United Mr. Bowdoin to Dr. Franklin on the Effect of
States of America
211 Lightning on Capi. Waddell's Compass, &c. 301
The Internal State of America ; being a true Of the Electric Spark,-Time taken up by
Description of the Interest and Policy of that Answer to the foregoing
302
vast Continent
212 Mr. Kinnersley to Dr. Franklin.-Experiments
Settlement on Ohio ; Report of Lords Commis on boiling Water, &c.
303
sioners for Trade and Plantations, concerning Answer to the foregoing
306
a Grant of Lands on the river Ohio, in North Effects of Lightning in Carolina
312
America
214 Remarks by Dr. Franklin
313
Appendix, No. I. Proclamation by the King 238 On the Electricity of the Tourmalin
314
Appendix, No. II. State of the King's Quit-rents Professor Winthrop to Dr. Franklin, relating to
in North America
240 Electricity in the Atmosphere
315
Comparison of Great Britain and America as to A. Small, of London, to Dr. Franklin
316
Credit, in 1777
241 Best Method of securing a Powder Magazine
from Lightning
PHILOSOPHICAL.
Professor Winthrop to Dr. Franklin.-Electrical
Conductors
318
Essays and Correspondence.
Answer to the above
Electricity.-Wonderful Effect of Points.-Posi. Opinions and Observations concerning the uti.
tive and negative Electricity.-Electrical Kiss. lity of long pointed Rods
320
-Counterfeit Spider. -Simple and commo. On the utility of electrical Conductors
323
dious electrical Machine
244 On the Effects of Electricity in paralytic cases 324
Observations on the Leyden Bottle, with Expe. Electrical Experiments on Amber
riments
246 On the Electricity of the Fogs in Ireland
325
Farther Experiments.-Leyden Bottle analyzed. The Shock from the Surinam Eel, or the Torpe.
-Electrical Battery.-Magical Picture.--Elec-
do, considered
326
trical Wheel or Jack.--Electrical Feast 249 On the Analogy between Magnetism and Elec-
Observations and Suppositions respecting Thun-
tricity
der-gusts
254 | Mode of rendering Meat tender by Electricity 327
.
462
Choice of Glass for the Leyden Experiment 328 Remarks on some of the foregoing Observations 423
Concerning the Leyden Bottle
329 Plan, by Messrs. Franklin and Dalrymple, for
Physical and Meteorological Observations
benefiting distant un provided Countries
427
On Water-spouts
332 Of the Provision made in China against Famine 428
Water-spouts and Whirlwinds
334. 340 Positions concerning national Wealth
Description of a Water-spout at Antigua
339 On the Price of Corn, and the Management of
Shooting Stars
ib. the Poor
429
Observations on the Meteorological Paper 342. 344 On Freedom of Speech and the Press
431
Answers to the foregoing.
343. 345 On Government
439, 440
Extracts from Dampier's Voyages
346. 347 On Paper Money
441
C. Colden to Dr. Franklin
347 On Coin
445
Account of a Whirlwind in Maryland
348 Rules of Health
448
On the N. E. Storms in North America
349 Rules for a Club formerly established in Phila:
Meteorological Imaginations and Conjectures 350 delphia
On Cold produced by Evaporation
350. 353 Sketch of an English School
449
Concerning the Light in Sea-water
354 On Discoveries
452
On the Saltness of Sea-water
355 On the Usefulness of the Mathematics
453
On the Bristol Waters, and the Tide in Ri. Causes of Earthquakes
454
vers
356. 358 Public Men
458
Salt Water rendered fresh by Distillation.-Me. On Smuggling
460
thod of relieving thirst by Sea-water
358 Plan for improving the Condition of the Free
Tendency of Rivers to the Sea.-Effects of the Blacks
461
Sun's Rays on Cloths of different colours 359 Remarks concerning the Savages of North
Effect of Air on the Barometer, and the Benefits America
derived from the Study of Insects
360 Memoire de Sir John Dalrymple ou Projet du
Effect of Vegetation on noxious Air
361 Lord Rocheford, pour empecher la Guerre 465
On the Inflammability of the Surface of certain On human Vanity
468
Rivers in America
On true Happiness
469
On the different Quantities of Rain which fall On Self-denial
470
at different Heights over the same Ground 362 Rivalship in Almanac making
471
On the Properties of an Hygrometer
363 The Waste of Life
472
On the Difference of Navigation in shoal and Dialogue I. between Philocles and Horatio, con.
deep Water
365 cerning Virtue and Pleasure
473
Improvements in Navigation
366. 374 Dialogue II. The same continued
475
On the Gulf Stream
376 Poor Richard's Almanac.-The Way to Wealth 477
On the Warmth of Sea-water
377 Advice to a Young Tradesman
480
Journal of a Voyage from the Channel between Necessary Hints to those that would be Rich ib. France and England towards America
379 The Way to make Money plenty in every Man's
On the Art of Swimming
381. 382 pocket
481
On the free Use of Air
Hints for a Reply to the Protests of certain
On the Causes of Colds
· Members of the House of Lords against the
On the Vis Inertiæ of Matter
ib. Repeal of the Stamp Act
499
On the different Strata of the Earth
385 Observations on Passages in a Pamphlet, en.
Theory of the Earth
ib. titled, "Good Humour, or, a Way with the
Theory of Light and Heat
387 Colonies"
502
Of Magnetism and the Theory of the Earth 388 Observations on Passages in a Letter from a
On the Nature of Sea Coal
389
Merchant in London to his Nephew in North
Number of Deaths in Philadelphia by Inoculation ib. America
504
Answer to the preceding
ib. Observations on Passages in an “Inquiry into
Effects of Lead upon the Human Constitution 390 the Nature and Causes of the Disputes be.
The prevailing Doctrines of Life and Death 391 tween the British Colonies in America and
New.invented Pennsylvania Fire-places
392 their Mother Country"
510
On the Causes and Cure of smoky Chimneys 401 Observations on Passages in a Pamphlet, en.
Description of a new Stove for burning Pit.coal titled, "The True constitutional Means for
and consuming all its Smoke
414 putting an end to the Disputes between Great
Method of contracting Chimneys.-Modesty in Britain and the American Colonies"
516
Disputation
420
BAGATELLES. POLITICAL ESSAYS. The handsome and deformed Leg
The Busy body Concerning the Increase of Mankind, peopling The Drinker's Dictionary of Countries, &c. 421 / White-washing
198
. 483 • 495