By an unknown author, this notebook is of experiments and the history of experiments with electricity, containing references to Franklin, Beccaria, and Priestley, etc.
Provenance
Purchased from Heller ($350.00) and accessioned, 12/05/1974 (1974 1392ms).
General physical description
1 volume, 184 p.
Early American History Note
This Italian language notebook contains a range of information on scientific information, especially information pertaining to electrical experiments. It was likely written in the late-18th century and contains references to Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Priestley. The manuscript, likely kept by an Italian, provides insight into the transmission of knowledge in the broader Atlantic World.
Family Name(s)
- Priestley, Joseph, -- 1733-1804. -- Unitarianism explained and defended.
Genre(s)
- Educational Material
- Foreign Language
- Notebooks.
- Scientific Data
Personal Name(s)
- Anonymous
- Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Subject(s)
- Beyond Early America
- Electricity -- Early works to 1850.
- Electricity -- Experiments -- History.
- Natural History
- Science and technology
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