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Benjamin Franklin’s ideas about electricity: a commented translation of two letter to Peter Collinson in 1747

Grant number: 14/08359-0
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Start date: June 01, 2014
End date: December 31, 2016
Field of knowledge:Humanities - History - History of Science
Principal Investigator:Breno Arsioli Moura
Grantee:Thátyusce Bonfim Gomes
Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this project, we propose to make a commented translation of two letter written by Benjamin Franklin in 1747 and addressed to Peter Collinson. Franklin presented his first investigations about electrical phenomena, discussing initial ideas of his conception of one electric fluid. To make this translation, we will proceed a historiographical study, analyzing both primary and secondary sources related to Franklins works.

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