Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758Newly set into type expressly for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1964 - Almanacs, American - 300 pages |
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... fire . " This presently suggested the lightning rod , which Franklin in- vented . He had set out to prove that lightning was electricity , which many others had suspected , and his proof was confirmed in France in 1752. He was virtually ...
... fire . " This presently suggested the lightning rod , which Franklin in- vented . He had set out to prove that lightning was electricity , which many others had suspected , and his proof was confirmed in France in 1752. He was virtually ...
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... Fire is out , the Inside of the Walls and Bed - places will be 2 or 3 Inches thick with Ice , which is every Morning cut away with a Hatchet . Three or four Times a Day , Iron Shot , of 24 Pounds Weight , are made red hot , and hung up ...
... Fire is out , the Inside of the Walls and Bed - places will be 2 or 3 Inches thick with Ice , which is every Morning cut away with a Hatchet . Three or four Times a Day , Iron Shot , of 24 Pounds Weight , are made red hot , and hung up ...
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... Fire . Should a Comet in its Course strike the Earth , it might instantly beat it to Pieces , or carry it off out of the Planetary System . The great Conflagration may also , by Means of a Comet , be easily brought about ; for as some ...
... Fire . Should a Comet in its Course strike the Earth , it might instantly beat it to Pieces , or carry it off out of the Planetary System . The great Conflagration may also , by Means of a Comet , be easily brought about ; for as some ...
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