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The way to wealth

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Necessary hints to those who would be rich

Advice to a young tradesman

The may to make money plenty in every man's pocket 88

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The art of procuring pleasant dreams

Precautions to be used by those who are about to under

take a sea voyage.

Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout

A parable against persecution

On the death of relatives

The ephemera an emblem of human life

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Account of a whirlwind at Maryland

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On the saltness of sea water

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derived from the study of insects

On the effect of air on the barometer, and the benefits

On the art of swimming

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On the same subject

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On the free use of air.

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On the causes of colds

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Tendency of rivers to the sea.-Effects of the sun's

rays on cloths of different colours

On the magnetism and theory of the earth

Queries and conjectures relating to magnetism and the

theory of the earth

On the nature of sea coal

Effect of vegetation on noxious air

Observations on the prevailing doctrines of life and

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ESSAYS AND LETTERS,

BY

DR. B. FRANKLIN.

PART II.

COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL.

VOL. II.

MDCCCXX.

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