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1.	Albany papers. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin... / written by himself to a late period, and continued to the time of his death, by his grandson, William Temple Franklin : comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin, and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. 3rd ed. London : H. Colburn, 1818. Volume V.	Albany Congress (1754 : Albany, N.Y.) United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775. Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History --18th century. Indians of North America -- Government relations -- To 1789. Indians of North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.	Benjamin Franklin's 'Albany Papers' came from a meeting of representatives from the colonies and the Iroquois tribes. The meeting was held in Albany, New York in 1754. Its goal was to gain solidarity among...

2.	Drinker's dictionary. From: The complete works of Benjamin Franklin; including his private as well as his official and scientific correspondence, and numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed, with many others not included in any former collection, also, the unmutilated and correct version of his autobiography. Comp. and ed. by John Bigelow. New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1887-88.	Alcoholism -- Miscellanea. Alcoholics -- Miscellanea.	Benjamin Franklin gives an alphabetized list of euphemisms describing people in a state of drunkenness, including "He is addled," "He sees the Bears," "He's Pungey," "He makes Virginia Fence," and the...

3.	Letter to Mr. Winthorp, 2 July 1768 : on astronomical subjects, electricity &c. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Astronomical instruments -- Early works to 1800. Lightning. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin writes from London to Mr. Winthorp about a series of astronomical instruments the latter had ordered made for himself. Various delays in the manufacture and delivery are explained. Franklin...

4.	Aurora borealis : suppositions and conjectures towards forming an hypothesis for its explanation. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Auroras. Atmospheric circulation.	Benjamin Franklin outlines an orderly progression of conjectures to explain the phenomenon of the northern lights. He begins with the fact of warmer air rising, moves to moisture circulating from the tropics...

5.	Letter to Dr. Ingenhausz, 16 January 1784 : on balloons, and their probable importance. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Balloons -- 18th century. Hot air balloons. Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin, writing from France, describes both the hot air balloon of Montgolfier and the hydrogen ("inflammable air") balloon of Charles and Robert to Ingenhausz, who seems to have thought Franklin...

6.	Letter to William Strahan, 28 November 1747 : on buying and selling books. From: The writings of Benjamin Franklin; collected and ed., with a life and introduction, by Albert Henry Smyth. New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1905-07.	Booksellers and bookselling. Acquisition of maps. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin writes from Philadelphia about a number of matters related to the buying and selling of books, maps, and other printed material. He specifically mentions "the maps formerly wrote for,"...

7.	Letters to William Strahan, 1745 and 1746 : on buying and selling books. From: The writings of Benjamin Franklin; collected and ed., with a life and introduction, by Albert Henry Smyth. New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1905-07.	Booksellers and bookselling. Acquisition of maps. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin writes four letters from Philadelphia about a number of matters related to the buying and selling of books, maps, and other printed material. He specifically mentions maps that "are for...

8.	Letter to William Strahan, 19 October 1748 : on buying and selling books. From: The writings of Benjamin Franklin; collected and ed., with a life and introduction, by Albert Henry Smyth. New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1905-07.	Booksellers and bookselling. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin writes from Philadelphia about a number of matters related to the buying and selling of books, maps, and other printed material. He mentions some financial accounts to be settled with...

9.	Letter to Lord Kaines, 28 February 1768 : on chimnies &c. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Chimneys -- Design and construction -- Early works to 1800. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin writes from London to Lord Kaines in Scotland concerning the reasons the chimneys in the latter's new house might be drawing smoke from outside down the flue. Franklin says that poor...

10.	Letter to Dr. Ingenhausz, 28 August 1785 : on the causes and cure of smoky chimnies. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Chimneys. Dwellings -- Heating and ventilation. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin, writing from sea, describes the physics of properly operating chimneys. He explains that builders and owners of chimneys need to pay more attention to the properties of heated air than...

11.	Letter to Mons. Dubourg : on the nature of sea-coal. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Coal. Coal mines and mining -- England. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin tender the opinion that "sea-coal has a vegetable origin, and that it has been formed near the surface of the earth." He describes a visit to a coal mine at Whitehaven near Cumberland,...

12.	Preparatory notes and hints for writing a paper concerning what is called catching a cold. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Cold (Disease).	Benjamin Franklin writes a series of notes defining a common cold and its physiology, and then describing his understanding of the various ways people can and cannot catch colds. He is greatly concerned...

13.	Letter to Mr. Rittenhause, 15 December 1783 : on the comet seen in Yorkshire, 1783. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Comets -- 1783. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin, writing from France, passes on a reported sighting of a comet in England to a friend in America. Letter includes data on the comet's position.

14.	Letter to Mons. Vicq D'Azyr, 20 July 1781 : on the long retention of infection in dead bodies after sepulture &c. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Dead. Communicable diseases. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin relates several anecdotes about people having fallen ill after being exposed to long-dead bodies, including an Egyptian mummy. He speculates on the possibility of disease contagion surviving...

15.	Letter to a friend in Boston, 25 December 1750 : on an electrical experiment gone awry. From: The complete works of Benjamin Franklin; including his private as well as his official and scientific correspondence, and numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed, with many others not included in any former collection, also, the unmutilated and correct version of his autobiography. Comp. and ed. by John Bigelow. New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1887-88.	Electric shock -- Physiological effect. Electricity -- Early works to 1800. Electricity -- Experiments -- History -- 18th century. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin describes the physiological effects of an accidental electric shock he received when he was "about to kill a turkey by the shock from two large glass jars." Writing two nights later he...

16.	Letter to Messrs. Dubourg and D'Alibard : on the mode of rendering meat tender by electricity. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Electric shock -- Physiological effect. Electricity -- Early works to 1800. Electricity -- Experiments -- History -- 18th century. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin responds to an inquiry about the possibility of using electricity to tenderize meat with his speculations about the possibilities. He cautions that animals killed by lightning are known...

17.	Letter to Dr. Ingenhausz, 29 April 1785 : on electricity, a three wheeled clock, gravitation of bodies affected by sun and moon, conjecture on tides. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Electric shock. Electroconvulsive therapy -- Early works to 1800. Clocks and watches. Gravity. Tides. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin touches upon a number of subjects in this response to Ingenhausz. He includes an anecdote about himself receiving an electric shock; describes and advocates use of electric shock therapy...

18.	Letter to Dr. Ingenhausz, 16 May 1783 : on an electrical experiment. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Electricity -- Early works to 1800. Electricity -- Experiments -- History -- 18th century. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Knowledge -- Physics. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin comments on the results of an electricity experiment conducted by Ingenhausz.

19.	Letter to Peter Collinson, 18 April 1754 : on electrical charges in clouds. From: The complete works of Benjamin Franklin; including his private as well as his official and scientific correspondence, and numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed, with many others not included in any former collection, also, the unmutilated and correct version of his autobiography. Comp. and ed. by John Bigelow. New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1887-88.	Electricity -- Early works to 1800. Electricity -- Experiments -- History -- 18th century. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Knowledge -- Physics. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin describes two experiments to determine whether an electrical charge is positive or negative. He also describes the observations of a Mr. Kinnersley regarding the electrical charge in...

20.	Letter to Thomas Ronayne, 20 April 1766 : on the electricity of fogs. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.	Electricity -- Early works to 1800. Electricity -- Experiments -- History -- 18th century. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Knowledge -- Physics. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence.	Benjamin Franklin explains his theory of positively and negatively charged clouds, and describes an experiment designed to investigate the same.

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