Much like Ben Franklin's kite experiment...
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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, August, 1756
* Like Ben Franklin's electrical kite experiments
* Indian nations in America
* The French & Indian War
The first two pages are devoted to the "Caribee Islands" [Caribbean] primarily limited to text on Barbadoes (see photos for portions). Further inside the issue is a very detailed 2 1/2 pg. article on: "A Paper Kite Electrifed by a Storm", by M. de Romas, being an experiment very much like Ben Franklin's a bit earlier. Indeed, a footnote includes: "M. de Romas has been satisfied...that Mr. Franklin had made trial of a kite some time before in Pennsylvania, the result where is therein described, see vol. xxii, pg. 560, which indeed was far less extraordinaryy than that at Nerac..." wtih more about the difference between this experiment and Franklin's (see photos).
Another full pg. is taken up with: "...the following table of names of numbers of several Indian nations..." (see photos).
Near the back are a few items concerning the French & Indian War.
Complete in 48 pages, full title/index page, measures about 5 by 8 inches, in good condition. Please note that the Map of the Caribbee Islands is NOT included in this issue.
* Like Ben Franklin's electrical kite experiments
* Indian nations in America
* The French & Indian War
The first two pages are devoted to the "Caribee Islands" [Caribbean] primarily limited to text on Barbadoes (see photos for portions). Further inside the issue is a very detailed 2 1/2 pg. article on: "A Paper Kite Electrifed by a Storm", by M. de Romas, being an experiment very much like Ben Franklin's a bit earlier. Indeed, a footnote includes: "M. de Romas has been satisfied...that Mr. Franklin had made trial of a kite some time before in Pennsylvania, the result where is therein described, see vol. xxii, pg. 560, which indeed was far less extraordinaryy than that at Nerac..." wtih more about the difference between this experiment and Franklin's (see photos).
Another full pg. is taken up with: "...the following table of names of numbers of several Indian nations..." (see photos).
Near the back are a few items concerning the French & Indian War.
Complete in 48 pages, full title/index page, measures about 5 by 8 inches, in good condition. Please note that the Map of the Caribbee Islands is NOT included in this issue.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
