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An Essay to Shew the Cause of Electricity; and Why Some Things are Non-Electricable.
by John Freke
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Description
The appendix is a reply to the preface of Benjamin Martin's "An essay on electricity ... 1746".
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Full title
An Essay to Shew the Cause of Electricity; and Why Some Things are Non-Electricable. In Which Is Also Consider'd Its Influence in the Blasts on Human Bodies, in the Blights on Trees, in the Damps in Mines; And as It May Affect the Sensitive Plant, &c.
Language
en
Duration
~53 minutes (51K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
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Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2016-06-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
John Freke
1688–1756
An early English surgeon and medical teacher, he helped shape surgery into a more distinct profession in 18th-century Britain. He is also remembered for combining practical hospital work with curiosity about science, including experiments on electricity.
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