Philosophical and miscellaneous papers
By: lately written by B. Franklin ...
Contributors: Bancroft, Edward, 1744-1821.; Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807, printer.; Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886, former owner.; Kebler, Leonard, donor.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for C. Dilly ...
Published: 1787
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Chimneys; Stoves; Meteorology -- Early works to 1800; Indians of North America -- Early works to 1800; United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Edited by Edward Bancroft, who in the advertisement (p. [3] at front) announces a second volume, but this was never printed. Cf. Ford.
Plates signed: W. Darton, sc. and J. Lodge, sc. Two plates unsigned.
Signatures: [A]⁴(-A4) B-M⁸ N⁶(-N6).
LC copy has bookplate of Henry Stevens on front paste-down. Special binding stamped: "For H. Stevens 1882".
Ford, P.L.  Franklin bibliography, 380
Table of contents: title: A letter [concerning chimneys] to Dr. Ingenhausz. Appendix: Notes on the above letter; title: Miscellaneous observations; title: Letter from Mr. Rusten to Dr. Franklin; title: Description of a new stove for burning of pitcoal, and consuming all its smoke; title: Meteorological conjectures, &c.; title: Letter to Mr. Nairne of London; title: A letter to Mr. Alphonsus le Roy, containing sundry maritime observations; title: Information to those who would remove to America; title: Remarks concerning the savages of North America; title: The internal state of America; being a true description of the interest and policy of that vast continent; title: Letter to B; title: V; title: , esq.; on the criminal laws, and the practice of privateering.