Letters about electricity – Benjamin Franklin Historical Society

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collison dated March 28, 1747

Philadelphia, March 28, 1747 Sir, Your kind present of an electric tube, with directions for using...

Philadelphia. July 28. 1747 Sir The inclosed is a Copy of my last, which went by the...

Philada. May 25. 1747 Sir In my last I informed you that In pursuing our Electrical Enquiries, we...

Philada. Apl. 29. 1749 Sir I now send you some Further Experiments and Observations in Electricity...

Philada. Apl. 29. 1749 Sir Observations and Suppositions towards forming a new Hypothesis for...

Philada. July 29 1750 Sir As you first put us on Electrical Experiments by sending to our Library...

Opinions and Conjectures concerning the Properties and Effects of the Electrical Matter, arising...

Additional Experiment proving that the Leyden Bottle has no more Electrical Fire in it, when...

Philadelphia June 29: 1751 Sir In Capt. Waddels Account of the Effects of Lightning on his Ship, I...

Philada. Oct. 31. 1751 Dear Sir I enclose you Answers, such as my present Hurry of Business will...