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.

People / Organizations

• David Henry ("printed for")
• Benjamin Franklin (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for David Henry; and sold by Francis Newbery, at the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXIX. [1769]

Publication year

1769-1769

ESTC No.

T101040

Grub Street ID

154949

Description

[2],iv,[2],496[i.e.508],[16]p.,plates : ill. ; 4⁰

Note

With a half-title and an index.

An "Advertisement concerning this fourth edition" forms part of the preliminaries, with an errata on the verso.

Pp.111-2, 416-7. 465-472 are duplicated in pagination, but text and register are continuous.

Vertical chain lines.

Uncontrolled note

PBL & Lib Congress report Advertisement before preface, thus making pag.: [4],iv,496 etc. GOT [8? Phys.III, 5084] & D have adv. as final leaf; GOT [8? Phys.III, 5085] has adv. after p.iv. Register no help