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Benjamin Franklin
Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, by Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. and F.R.S. To which are added, letters and papers on philosophical subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now first collected into one Volume, and illustrated with copper plates.
London: Printed for David Henry; and sold by Francis Newbery, at the Corner of St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1769.
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| Borrower Name | Volume | Date Out | Date In | Fine | Transcribed Title |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Livingston | 5/27/1790 | 6/11/1790 | Franklin on Electricity | ||||
| Garrett Abeel | 1/27/1791 | 1/29/1791 | Franklin on Electricity | ||||
| Robert R. Randall | 5/25/1791 | 6/8/1791 | Franklin on electricity | ||||
| Daniel Phoenix | 7/21/1791 | 7/30/1791 | Franklin of Electricity | ||||
| Thomas Smith | 1/12/1792 | 1/17/1792 | Franklin on Electricity | ||||
| George Arnold | 2/23/1792 | 5/24/1792 | 16s | Franklin on Elec | |||
| Abraham Prall | 8/12/1799 | 8/21/1799 | Franklin on Electricity | ||||
| George Christian Anthon | 12/16/1799 | 12/26/1799 | Franklin on Electricity | ||||
| Samuel Watkins | 1/7/1800 | 1/10/1800 | 1/ | Franklin's Elect | |||
| Solomon Simpson | 3/24/1800 | Franklins Elect. | |||||
| George Christian Anthon | 12/31/1800 | 1/20/1801 | Franklin on Electricity | ||||
| John Nitchie | 2/11/1801 | 2/25/1801 | Franklins Elect | ||||
| Robert Gosman | 2/27/1801 | 3/3/1801 | Franklin Electricity | ||||
| Samuel Miller | 2/1/1803 | 2/4/1803 | Francklin's Electricity | ||||
| Israel Haveland | 3/8/1805 | 3/26/1805 | Franklins " | ||||
| Leffert Lefferts Jr. | 3/26/1805 | 4/9/1805 | Franklin Electricity | ||||
| John Onderdonck | 4/11/1805 | 4/22/1805 | Francklin's Electricity |
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