The Ingenious Dr. Franklin: Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin
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Book title: The Ingenious Dr. Franklin:Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin.
Contributors: Benjamin Franklin - Author, Nathan G. Goodman - Editor.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Place of publication: Philadelphia.
Publication year: 1931.
Page number: 183.
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Table of contents
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Table of contents
- Title Page iii
- Preface v
- Contents vii
- Illustrations xi
- Practical Schemes And Suggestions 15
- Daylight Saving To the Authors Of - The Journal of Paris 17
- Treatment for Gout 23
- Cold Air Bath 25
- Electrical Treatment For Paralysis 26
- Lead Poisoning 29
- Rules of Health And Long Life 33
- The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams 35
- Learning to Swim 41
- On Swimming 46
- Choosing Eye-Glasses 50
- Bifocals 54
- Of Lightning and the Method (now Used in America) of Securing Buildings and Persons From Its Mischievous Effects 56
- Advantage of Pointed Conductors 62
- Pennsylvanian Fireplaces 64
- Slaughtering by Electricity 71
- Canal Transportation 74
- Indian Corn 76
- The Armonica 79
- Divers Experiments And Observations 87
- First Hydrogen Balloon 89
- A Hot-Air Balloon 94
- First Aerial Voyage by Man 96
- Second Aerial Voyage by Man 99
- A Prophecy on Aerial Navigation 103
- Magic Squares 106
- Early Electrical Experiments 110
- The Kite 115
- The Course and Effect Of Lightning 117
- Character of Clouds 122
- Musical Sounds 125
- Locating the Gulf Stream 129
- Charting the Gulf Stream 133
- Depth of Water And Speed of Boats 136
- Distillation of Salt Water 140
- Behavior of Oil On Water 142
- Earliest Account Of Marsh Gas 145
- Smallpox and Cancer 148
- Restoration of Life By Sun Rays 150
- Scientific Deductions And Conjectures 153
- Cause of Colds 155
- Definition of a Cold 157
- Heat and Cold 158
- Cold by Evaporation 165
- On Springs 170
- Tides and Rivers 172
- Direction of Rivers 178
- Salt and Salt Water 183
- Origin of Northeast Storms 185
- Effect of Oil on Water 188
- Spouts and Whirlwinds 198
- Sun Spots 212
- Conductors And Non-Conductors 215
- Queries on Electricity From Dr. Ingenhousz; with Answers 220
- Magnetism and the Theory Of The Earth 225
- Nature of Lightning 228
- Sound 232
- Prehistoric Animals - Of the Ohio 235
- Toads Found in Stone 237
- Letters and Papers in This Volume 239
- Correspondents Mentioned In This Volume 242
- A Few Additional Letters And Papers of Interest to the General Reader 243
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