COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
32060
accession_no
32060
Accession number
false
Record number:
32060-1
record_number
32060-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D758 F831h
jcb_call_no
D758 F831h
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Electrical experiments]
image_title
[Electrical experiments]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Leipzig]
place_image_published
[Leipzig]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Gottfried Kiesewetter]
image_publisher
[Gottfried Kiesewetter]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1758]
image_date
[1758]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece
image_function
frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
18 cm.
page_dimensions_height
18 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
11 cm.
page_dimensions_width
11 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Electrical experiments. Items in the image are numbered for identification in text.
description
Electrical experiments. Items in the image are numbered for identification in text.
Description
false
Source creator:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
source_creator
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America. German] Des Herrn Benjamin Franklins Esq. Briefe von der Elektricität ...
source_title
[Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America. German] Des Herrn Benjamin Franklins Esq. Briefe von der Elektricität ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Leipzig
source_place_of_publication
Leipzig
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Verlegts Gottfried Kiesewetter, Buchh. in Stockholm.
source_publisher
Verlegts Gottfried Kiesewetter, Buchh. in Stockholm.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1758
source_date
1758
Source date
false
notes:
This book is a collection of 13 letters, 12 of them written by Franklin, describing electrical experiments made in Philadelphia. Cf. 62-194-2 (Dresden, 1780) and 31708-1 (London, 1751) for earlier and later versions of this plate.
notes
This book is a collection of 13 letters, 12 of them written by Franklin, describing electrical experiments made in Philadelphia. Cf. 62-194-2 (Dresden, 1780) and 31708-1 (London, 1751) for earlier and later versions of this plate.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1957.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1957.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Electricity--Early works to 1850
subject_heads
Electricity--Early works to 1850
Subject headings
false