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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 10 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 6: Franklin (search)
phia, where interest in the new science was further stimulated that year by a present of a Leyden jar given to the Library Company by the English experimenter Peter Collinson. To this English friend Franklin made extended reports of his earlier electrical investigations in the form of letters which Collinson published in London inCollinson published in London in 1751 with the title Experiments and observations in electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, by Mr. Benjamin Franklin. In 1752 he showed the identity of lightning and electricity by his kite experiment, and invented the lightning rod. In 1748, being assured of a competency, he had turned over his business to his foreman Davide a tour of the Low Countries, visited the principal cities of England and Scotland, received honorary degrees from the universities, and enjoyed the society of Collinson, Priestley, Price, Hume, Adam Smith, Robertson, and Kames. He returned to America in the latter part of 1762. In 1763 he made a 1600-mile tour of the northern
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 1: travellers and observers, 1763-1846 (search)
botanist in the world. John Bartram, born in 1699, when almost seventy years old explored the St. John's River in Florida, accompanied by William, who in turn made a second journey to the region in 1773, at the request of Dr. Fothergill, of London, the English naturalist being zealous for the discovery of rare and useful productions . . . chiefly in the vegetable kingdom. Both father and son corresponded with European scientists, including Gronov and Dillen, but more particularly with Peter Collinson, through whom the elder Bartram came into relations with virtually all the distinguished naturalists of his time. The botanic garden for which the father began to collect in 1730, and which is now within the limits of Philadelphia, was justly famous. Here, it is said, Washington and Franklin were wont to sit and talk just prior to the Revolution; and Bartram's Garden is still an object of interest as the first establishment of its kind on this continent. From a local guide is extract
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)
liam, 175, 178 Clifton, Josephine, 224 Climbing the natural Bridge, 312 Clinton, De Witt, 190 Clinton, General, George, 144 Clinton, Governor, George, 148, 149, 292 Cobbett, William, 210 Cockings, George, 217 Colden, Dr., Cadwallader, 26, 28 Coleridge, Hartley, 213 Coleridge, S. T., 181, 194, 212, 266, 272, 278, 281, 332, 332 n., 357 Collector, the, 244 Colleen Bawn, 231 Collegians, the, 230 Collins, Anthony, 93, 102 Collins, William, 176, 177, 178, 183 Collinson, Peter, 96, 97, 195 Colman, Dr., Benjamin, 158 Colman, George (the younger), 228 Columbia, 167, 212 Columbiad, the, 170-171 Columbian magazine, the, 288 Columbia's glory, or British pride Humbled, 168-169 Columbus, 181, 257, 287 Columbus, life of, 250, 252, 256 Combe, George, 190 Comet, the, 160 Commemoration ode, 270 Commonplace Book, 57 Common sense, 120, 141 Common sense in Dishabille, 236 Companions of Columbus, 249 Compensation, 336, 352 Complaint o