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Newport, March 16, 1752. Notice is hereby given to the curious, that at the Court-House, in the Council-Chamber, is now to be exhibited
Title
Newport, March 16, 1752. Notice is hereby given to the curious, that at the Court-House, in the Council-Chamber, is now to be exhibited, and continued from day to day, for a week or two; a course of experiments, on the newly-discovered electrical fire: containing; not only the most curious of those that have been published in Europe, but a considerable number of new ones lately made in Philadelphia; to be accompanied with methodical lectures on the nature and properties of that wonderful element
Identifier(s)
text:1772; APSimg6453; Goodman Number: 140; 973 C683 No. 275
Description
Kinnersley, collaborator with Benjamin Franklin in his electrical studies, lectured on electricity and lightning in Philadelphia, Newport, New York, and elsewhere before accepting an appointment as professor of English at the College of Philadelphia in 1753.; Photocopy. Location of original source unknown.
Creator
Kinnersley, Ebenezer, 1711-1778
Source
Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject
Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Physical Science; Broadside Subdivision: Electricity; Electricity--Experiments; Fire; Public speaking
Date
1752