THE COMPLETE WORKS, OF THE LATE DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Now First Collected And Arranged: With Memoirs Of His Early Life, Written By Himself. In Three Volumes. Vol. I. (of III) 1806 CONTENTS Page. LIFE of Dr. FRANKLIN 1 LETTERS AND PAPERS ON ELECTRICITY. Introductory Letter. 169 Wonderful effect of points.�Positive and negative electricity.�Electrical kiss.�Counterfeit spider.�Simple and commodious electrical machine. 170 Observations on the Leyden bottle, with experiments proving the different electrical state of its different surfaces. 179 Further experiments confirming the preceding observations.�Leyden bottle analysed.�Electrical battery.�Magical Picture.�Electrical wheel or jack.�Electri…
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