FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (+) WM. WATSON

An Account of Mr. Benjamin Franklin's Treatise, lately published, intituled, Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, by Wm. Watson, F.R.S. Read June 6. 1751.

London, C. Davis, 1753. 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", vol. 47. First leaf detached, otherwise fine. Pp. 201-212.

First appearance of this paper in which several of Franklin's most important electrical experiments are presented. An accomplished botanist, apothecary and electrical experimenter in his own right, Watson here summarizes "a few of the most singular" of Franklin's electrical experiments.

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