Essays of Benjamin Franklin: Moral, Social and ScientificThe Minerva Group, Inc., 2001 - Всего страниц: 188 |
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XVIII | 63 |
Aurora Borealis | 70 |
An Economical Project | 77 |
To Edward Nairne of London | 84 |
To John Ingenhousz | 91 |
An Account of Toads Found Enclosed in Solid Stone | 103 |
To LAbbe Soulavie | 106 |
Propositions Relative to Privateering Communicated to Mr Oswald | 112 |
To Sir Joseph Banks | 117 |
Meteorological Imaginations and Conjectures | 121 |
To David Rittenhouse | 125 |
To David Le Roy | 129 |
To James Bowdoin | 177 |
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