Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America ... To which are added, letters and papers on philosophical subjects. The whole corrected, methodized ... and now first collected into one volume, etc. (Fourth edition.) [Edited by Peter Collinson.]David Henry, 1769 - 496 pages |
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