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“The Knowledge of Nature tends to enlarge the human Mind, and give us more noble, more grand and exalted Ideas of the Author of Nature, and if well pursu’d seldom fails to produce something useful to Man...”
Ebenezer Kinnersley (1711–78) was a natural philosopher, scientific lecturer, educator, and preacher. Although lesser known than his contemporaries, Kinnersley played a leading role in the celebrated electrical experiments conducted by Franklin’s circle.
