Translation, by T. F. Dalibard, of "Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America," first published London: E. Cave, 1751

Caption title, p. [1], 4th count, reads: Lettres sur l'électricité de M. Benj. Franklin de Philadelphie en Amérique, a M. P. Collinson de la Société Royale de Londres

These experiments were also the work of Thomas Hopkinson, Ebenezer Kinnersley, and Philip Syng. Cf. Ford, 77

Colophon, p. [29] at end, reads: De l'imprimerie de Moreau

Signatures: a⁸ b⁴ a-e⁸ A-N⁸ O⁸ (-O8) P⁸ Q⁸ (Q8 blank)

Page 184 misnumbered 484

"Histoire abregée de l'electricité," by the translator, p. [i]-lxx

Errata: p. [30] at end

Includes index

Echeverria & Wilkie. French image

Ford, P.L. Franklin bib.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary mottled sheep

John Carter Brown Library copy gift of the JCB Associates

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