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An account of the newly invented Pennsylvanian fire-place

Author:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
[6], 37 p. illus. (1 fold.) 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1973
Topic:
Fireplaces  Search this
Call number:
TH7421 .F831 1973
TH7421.F831 1973
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_39842
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William Franklin : son of a patriot, servant of a king / Sheila L. Skemp

Author:
Skemp, Sheila L  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, William 1731-1813  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Family  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 358 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
New Jersey
United States
Date:
1990
1775-1783
Topic:
Governors--Biography  Search this
American loyalists  Search this
Statesmen's children--Biography  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Call number:
CT275.F838 S6 1990
CT275.F838S6 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_395406
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Oeuvres philosophiques de Buffon / Texte établi et présenté par Jean Piveteau ... avec la collaboration de Maurice Fréchet et Charles Bruneau ..

Author:
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc comte de 1707-1788  Search this
Fréchet, Maurice 1878-  Search this
Bruneau, Charles  Search this
Ed:
Piveteau, Jean 1898-  Search this
Subject:
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc comte de 1707-1788  Search this
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc comte de 1707-1788  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
[xxxix], 616 p. : front. (port.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Bibliography
Date:
1954
Topic:
Naturalists  Search this
Call number:
QH31.B92 B84 1954
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_910695
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Benjamin Franklin's science / I. Bernard Cohen

Author:
Cohen, I. Bernard 1914-2003  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Knowledge Physics  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1990
Topic:
Electricity--Experiments--History  Search this
Lightning--Experiments--History  Search this
Physicists  Search this
Call number:
QC16.F68 C64 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_392364
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Benjamin Franklin's life and writings. A bibliographical essay on the Stevens' collection of books and manuscripts relating to Doctor Franklin. By Henry Stevens of Vermont, F.S.A

Author:
Stevens, Henry 1819-1886  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Portraits  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Manuscripts  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Bibliography  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 40 p. 5 port., facsim. 29 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1881
Call number:
Z8313 .S84 1881X
Z8313.S84 1881X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_379536
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My first 20 years, or : Benj. Franklin & I / [keepsake designed by Dave Davison]

Title:
Benj. Franling & I
Author:
Davison, Dave  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Anecdotes  Search this
Physical description:
25 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1966
C1966
Topic:
American wit and humor  Search this
Phototypesetting  Search this
Call number:
E302.6.F8 D39 1966
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_732671
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The world of Franklin and Jefferson : an exhibition [British Museum, 17 September to 16 November, 1975] / designed by the office of Charles and Ray Eames ; for the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration with the cooperation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York ...

Author:
Eames, Charles  Search this
Eames, Ray  Search this
British Museum  Search this
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration  Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826  Search this
Physical description:
28 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1975
1975?]
Call number:
E302.6.F8 E15 1975X
CT275.F83 E12w 1975
E302.6.F8E15 1975X
CT275.F83E12w 1975
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91288
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Poor Richard's legacy : American business values from Benjamin Franklin to Donald Trump / Peter Baida

Author:
Baida, Peter  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
360 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Business ethics--History  Search this
Capitalists and financiers  Search this
Capitalism--History  Search this
Call number:
HF5387.B33 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_398521
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Franklin's Autobiography : a model life / P.M. Zall

Author:
Zall, Paul M  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Autobiography  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 124 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1989
C1989
Topic:
Statesmen--Biography--History and criticism  Search this
Call number:
CT275.F83 Z22 1989
CT275.F83Z22 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_398804
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Poor Richard : the almanacks for the years 1733-1758 / by Richard Saunders [i.e. B. Franklin] ; now containing an introd. by Van Wyck Brooks and embellish'd with ill. by Norman Rockwell

Author:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Rockwell, Norman 1894-1978  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 300 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1976
C1976
Call number:
PS749 .A3 1976X
PS749.A3 1976X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_74553
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Benjamin Franklin in terra cotta : portrait medallions by Jean-Baptiste Nini at the Chateau of Chaumont / Richard Margolis

Author:
Margolis, Richard  Search this
Subject:
Nini, Giovan Battista 1717-1786  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Medals  Search this
Physical description:
232 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Portraits
Date:
2015
Topic:
Portrait medallions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1055480
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Dell'uso de'conduttori metallici a preservazione degli edifizj contro de'fulmini : nuova apologia colla descrizione del conduttore della pubblica specola di Padova / di Giuseppe Toaldo ... ; con una lettera del sig. Franklin

Author:
Toaldo, Giuseppe 1719-1797  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
XXXII p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 27 cm. (4to)
Type:
Books
Date:
1774
Topic:
Lightning conductors--Early works to 1800  Search this
Call number:
TH9057 .T62 1774
TH9057.T62 1774
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_378464
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Filosofia frankliniana delle punte preservatrici dal fulmine : particolarmente applicata alle polveriere, alle navi, e a Santa Barbara in mare / dissertazione del P. Giambattista Toderini ..

Author:
Toderini, Giambattista 1728-1799  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
65, [3] pages ; 20 cm (4to)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1771
Topic:
Lightning protection  Search this
Ships--Fires and fire protection  Search this
Gunpowder--Safety measures  Search this
Call number:
TH9057 .T63 1771
TH9057.T63 1771
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_378471
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Benjamin Franklin and eighteenth-century American libraries

Author:
Korty, Margaret Barton  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
83 p. illus., facsims. 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1965
Topic:
Libraries--History  Search this
Call number:
CT275.F83 K8 1965
CT275.F83K8 1965
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_72760
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Draw the lightning down : Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment / Michael Brian Schiffer, with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and Carrie L. Bell

Author:
Schiffer, Michael B  Search this
Hollenback, Kacy L  Search this
Bell, Carrie L  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2003
C2003
18th century
Topic:
Electrical engineering--History  Search this
Electricity--History  Search this
Enlightenment  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_716774
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Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1956

Author:
American Philosophical Society  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
p. 283-416 : ill., ports., facsims. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1956
Call number:
CT275.F83 A5
CT275.F83A5
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_71919
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Bolt of fate : Benjamin Franklin and his electric kite hoax / Tom Tucker

Author:
Tucker, Tom 1944-  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Knowledge Physics  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 297 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
Revolution, 1775-1783
Topic:
Electricity--Experiments--History  Search this
Lightning--Experiments--History  Search this
Physicists  Search this
Statesmen  Search this
History  Search this
Science  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_721443
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The life of Benjamin Franklin / J.A. Leo Lemay

Title:
Benjamin Franklin
Author:
Lemay, J. A. Leo (Joseph A. Leo) 1935-2008  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
volumes <1-3> : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
Date:
2006
2006-<2009>
Topic:
Statesmen  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Printers  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_920814
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Life of Franklin / John William Draper ; edited by Ronald S. Wilkinson

Author:
Draper, John William 1811-1882  Search this
Wilkinson, Ronald S  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 88 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1977
Topic:
Statesmen  Search this
Call number:
CT275.F83 D7
CT275.F83D7
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_86766
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Benjamin Franklin's unfinished business; [story of the international celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1956] Edited by Helen and Clarence Jordan

Author:
Jordan, Helen  Search this
Jordan, Clarence Lumpkin  Search this
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Anniversaries, etc  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 313 p. illus., ports., facsims. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1957
[1957?]
Topic:
Social sciences  Search this
Science  Search this
Social history  Search this
International cooperation  Search this
Call number:
E302.6.F8 J6
E302.6.F8J6
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91380

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