Benjamin Franklin's science /
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| Author / Creator: | Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-2003 |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990. |
| Description: | xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1093190 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Franklin's Scientific Style How Practical Was Franklin's Science?
- The Mysterious ""Dr. Spence"" Collinson's Gift and the New German Experiments
- The Kite, the Sentry Box, and the Lightning Rod Father Divi and the First European Lightning Rod (with Robert Schofield)
- Prejudice against the Introduction of Lightning Rods Heat and Color
- The Pennsylvania Hospital The Transit of Mercury Faraday and the ""Newborn Baby"" Supplement: The Franklin Stove (Samuel J
