Poor Richard's Leyden Jar: Electricity and Economy in Franklinist France
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This essay examines continuities between Franklin’s electrical science and his moralist arguments in order to propose that Franklinist natural philosophy was teleological, calling upon hypothetical purposes in nature, and that this teleology can explain its extraordinary popularity in France.
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| Type of resource | text |
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| Publication date | February 10, 2023; 1998 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Riskin, Jessica |
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Subjects
| Subject | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 |
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| Subject | eighteenth-century France |
| Subject | Enlightenment |
| Subject | history of physics |
| Subject | Lightning rods |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Article |
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- Riskin, J. (2023). Poor Richard's Leyden Jar: Electricity and Economy in Franklinist France. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/bq080yz0809. https://doi.org/10.25740/bq080yz0809.
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