Electricity and Static: Franklin and his British compatriots

Franklin’s discoveries in electricity have rewarded scholarly attention for many decades. This short essay is not about electricity in the strict sense, but about the context in which Franklin presented some of his work in science and in politics in 1751, and about the way that work was received in...

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Main Author: Robert Mankin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2010-01-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/4654