Of the stilling of waves by means of oil: extracted from sundry letters between Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. F.R.S. William Brownrigg, M.D. F.R.S. and the Reverend Mr. Farish. Read at the Royal Society, June 2, 1774.
London : printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774.
Chiefly consists of an "Extract of a letter to Doctor Brownrigg from Doctor Franklin", dated: London, Nov. 7, 1773.
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Jones, Pancronometer, q.v.; number 3 in table of contents; item 2 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards; bound with other items; numbers 1–2 in table of contents; With three leaves of MS preface, and a table, addressed: To the Reader, signed: Hugh Jones, and dated: Maryland Ap. 12the 1754., shaved and silked; minor corrections by Jones; MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin’s hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801– 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (29); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner. Provenance
Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator. Provenance
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner. Provenance
Dufief, N. G. (Nicolas Gouin), 1776?-1834, bookseller. Provenance
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner. Provenance
ENG. London. 1774. Imprint
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