Book ID: CBB000301571

Bolt of Fate: Benjamin Franklin and His Electric Kite Hoax (2003)

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Tucker, Tom (Author)


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Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: xx + 297 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

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Review Levitt, Martin L. (2004) Review of "Bolt of Fate: Benjamin Franklin and His Electric Kite Hoax". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 132). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Franklin, Benjamin
Finger, Stanley
Yamazaki, Eizo
Thomas, John Meurig
Sibum, Heinz Otto
Schiffer, Michael Brian
Journals
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Proceedings of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Japanese Studies in the History of Science
History of Meteorology
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
Publishers
Editrice Morcelliana
Vieweg
University of California Press
Random House
Octavo
University of Minnesota
Concepts
Electricity; magnetism
Physics
Experiments and experimentation
Technology
Natural philosophy
Ecdotics; source study (methodology)
People
Franklin, Benjamin
Nollet, Jean Antoine
Beccaria, Giambattista
Wilson, Benjamin
Watson, William
Ingenhousz, Jan
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Places
United States
North America
France
Italy
Great Britain
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