Nouvelles expériences et observations sur divers objets de physique
By: par Jean Ingen-Housz ...
Contributors: Barrois, Théophile, bookseller.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress); Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Chez P. Théophile Barrois le jeune ...
Published: 1785
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Science -- Early works to 1800.; Electricity -- Experiments -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: LC copy has initials of Thomas Jefferson in v. 1 on p. 129 and p. 289 and in v. 2 on p. 192 and p. 285.
Sowerby, E.M.  Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 828
Vol. 1 dedicated to Benjamin Franklin and contains much Franklin material.
Not in Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography.
Vol. 1: xxxvij, [1], 498 p., IV leaves of plates (folded); v. 2: xx, 574 p., II, [1] leaves of plates (folded).
"Précis du systême de M. Franklin sur l'electricité": v. 1, p. 1-24.
"Sur les cheminées: lettre de B. Franklin à M. Ingen-Housz": v. 2, p. 365-446. Contains the woodcut illustration "Foyer de Staffordshire" on p. 419.
Includes indexes.
Errata: v. 1, p. [1] after p. xxxvij.
LC copy plate I in v. 2 crudely hand colored.