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. t XVI. 
New Experiments and Obfervations on Ele&ri- 
city made at Philadelphia in America. By 
deniamin franklin, Efq; communi ca- 
ted to p. collinson, Efq ; of London, 
F- R. S. and read at the Royal Society June 
27, and July 4, 1754. To which are ad- 
ded a Paper on the fame Subjeci by J. cax- 
ton M. A. F. R, S./and read at the Royal 
Society Dec 6.-1753 , and another in de- 
fence ofMr. fran kl i n againft the Abbe 
nollet, by Mr. david colden, of 
New York. Part 10 . London: printed and 
fold by D. Henry and R. Cave, 1754. 4. 
v pl* 6. 
id eft: 
Noua experimenta et obferuationes Eledricita- 
tis inftituta Philadelphiae in America. Au¬ 
siore BENiAMiN e fuanklino etc.; una 
cum diflertatione 1, c antonii de eodem 
argumento, etc. et d avi dis colden 11 
Defenfione fran-klini contra nolle* 
T V M. 
In hc 
Ii 1 
phacu 
hac tertia parte commercii epiftoliciinter frank- 
1 n v m et collinsonivm de eleftricitatis 
phaenomenis primum locum tenet f r a n k l i n i 
Epiltola data Philadelphiae, menfe feptembri 1753.^ 
qua primo fententiam luam, quod aqua marina flui¬ 
di eletlrici grauida fit, quia in vafe agitata, aliquam¬ 
diu lucet, retraflat, et fe huius phaenomeni verarn 
caufam nondum dete.vifle confitetur. Deinde varia 
de nubium fulminantium eleelricitate perfcribit. Sta¬ 
tuit nunc, plurimis obferuationibus indutlus, nubes 
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