1793 American Philosophical Society Volume III - Benjamin Franklin, F. Hopkinson

Description: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, For Promoting Useful Knowledge. Volume III. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Robert Aitken & Son, No. 22 Market Street. 1793. xl, 370 p., 10 x 8”, large 8vo. Error in pagination: p. 370 mis-numbered 368. Page 202: woodcut 18 figures of Plants denominated cryptogamick Plates: LACKING page 84Page 119: Account of Several Houses in Philadelphia, struck with Lightning, on June 7, 1789. LACKING Page 185: Dr. Barker's Mill. Page 292: Table of all the distinct sounds contained in the English Language - foldingPage 333: Diagram & Description of a Spring-Block.Page 347: Podophyllum Diphyllum Linn - foldingIn poor condition. As is. Both front and rear boards detached & previously repaired via non-binder's tape (which is now broken). Detached boards are scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at leather corners. Spine lacking, including headbands. Title page is loose and chipped at edges. Toning and foxing throughout text-block. Fore-edge of page 9 torn & previously repaired. Heavy off-setting found on pages 84-5 from lacking plate, cording also exposed in gutter. Plates exhibit normal off-setting & some toning at creases. Binding is very fragile. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general. In 1743, Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society, the nation’s first learned society. Franklin proposed that “ingenious Men residing in the several colonies” be elected as Members of the Society. Members were to pursue “all philosophical Experiments that let Light into the Nature of Things, tend to increase the Power of Man over Matter, and multiply the Conveniencies or Pleasures of Life.” No. I (Page 1): Conjectures concerning the formation of the Earth, &c in a Letter from Dr. B. Franklin, to the Abbé Soulavie. No. III (Page 8): Description of the process to be observed in making large sheets of paper in the Chinese manner, with one smooth surface. No. IV (Page 10): Queries and Conjectures relative to Magnetism, and the Theory of the Earth, in a Letter from Franklin to Bodoin. Francis Hopkinson (1737 – 1791) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, author, and composer. He designed Continental paper money and two early versions of flags, one for the United States and one for the United States Navy. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 as a delegate from New Jersey. No. XV (Page 122): An Account of the effects of a stroke of Lightning on a House furnished with two Conductors. No. XXX (Page 239): Description of a Machine for measuring a ship's way. FORN-SHELF-0472-XX-2412-HK2200

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