SCIENCE FRANKLIN BENJAMIN Physical and Meteorological Obser

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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Physical and Meteorological Observations, Conjectures, and Suppositions. in: Philosophical Transactions, Volume 55, pages 182-192. [10], 344, [8] pages, with 14 folding engraved plates. 4to, 224x171 mm, contemporary sheep gilt, spine ends chipped, front joint cracked, cords intact, surface imperfections on rear cover; scattered light foxing, blank lower outer corner off front endleaf and title, discoloration from tape repair in lower inner corner of plate 2. Gmelin-Institut stamp on title verso, showing through on recto. London: L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1766

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first edition of one of a number of writings on weather phenomena by Franklin, who pioneered the scientific study of meteorology in America. Ford 298 note. Also of American interest are two papers by Benjamin Gale: Historical Memoirs relating to the Practice of Inoculation for the Small Pox, in the British American Provinces, (pages 193-204), and Extract of a Letter . . . concerning the successful Application of Salt to Wounds made by the Biting of Rattle Snakes (244-245).