The Ingenious Dr. Franklin : : Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin / / Nathan G. Goodman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection
• HerausgeberIn: Goodman, Nathan G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]; ©1931
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Pennsylvania Paperbacks
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 10 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; The Ingenious Dr. Franklin --; 1. PRACTICAL SCHEMES AND SUGGESTIONS --; 2. DIVERS EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS --; 3. SCIENTIFIC DEDUCTIONS AND CONJECTURES --; Checklist of Letters and Papers --; List of Correspondents --; List of a Few Additional Letters
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780812205619; 9783110413458; 9783110413540; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9780812205619
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nathan G. Goodman.

An outstanding collection of Benjamin Franklin's scientific correspondence, The Ingenious Dr. Franklin has long been unavailable yet deserves a place beside his Autobiography as essential reading for everyone interested in history, wit, and invention. Portioned into three sections, "Practical Schemes and Suggestions," "Diverse Experiments and Observations," and "Scientific Deductions and Conjectures," these letters discuss an extraordinary range of topics, including the art of procuring pleasant dreams, choosing eye glasses, the first human flight, the character of clouds, the behavior of oil and water, smallpox and cancer, the cause of colds, charting the Gulf Stream, and prehistoric animals of the Ohio.Culled from ponderous volumes of collected works or private collections, these engaging and unabridged letters were assembled to allow readers to discover for themselves Benjamin Franklin's vigorous personality, his humanity, and his penetrating intelligence.