Franklin

Pra[e]lectiones Physica[e].

Publication:
[between 1700 and 1799]
Format/Description:
Manuscript
152 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 185 x 143 mm bound to 192 x 150 mm
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Subjects:
Physics -- Early works to 1800.
Physics.
Chemistry -- History.
Chemistry.
History.
Form/Genre:
Codices.
Diagrams.
Drawings (visual works)
Recipes.
Manuscripts, English.
Manuscripts, European.
Language:
English.
Summary:
Course of lectures on natural philosophy and physics.
Contents:
1. f.1r-8r: Lectures of natural philosophy.
2. f.8v-14r: Mechanical principles.
3. f.14v-17r: Mechanical powers.
4. f.17v-30r: The balance and the lever.
5. f.30v-50r: The first [-third] law of nature.
6. f.50r-80r: Hydrostaticks [includes Proof that there is a great deal of air in the blood.
7. f.81r-85r: Description of the air pump which Mr. Boyle made.
8. f.85r-88r: Experiments on the air pump.
9. f.88r-97r: Of barometers, thermometers, and hydrometers.
10. f.98r-103r: Catoptricks.
11. f.104r-129r: Diptricks.
12. f.129r-132v: Sir Isaac Newton's colours.
13. f.133r-134r: A description of the condensing engine.
14. f.136r-138r: Electrical machine.
15. f.139r-140r: Aeolus harp.
16. f.141r-152v: Curious and entertaining experiments (includes the magic bottle, the enchanted mirrors, the wonderful phantoms [laterna magica], [Dr. Franklin's] Clock, a very pretty fountain from Mr. Boyle).
17. f. 152v: Description of solvents.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title from heading (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 152 + i (modern paper) + i (contemporary paper, tipped in); 1-134, [135-152]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Folio 152 tipped in.
Script: Written in various cursive scripts by three different hands: f. 1-134 in one hand, f. 136-152 in second hand, note on f. 152v in third hand.
Decoration: A few illustrations and diagrams in text, with full-page watercolor illustrations of an electrical machine (f.135v), an aeolus harp and a magic lantern (f. 146v); and pen-and-ink sketches of clocks (f. 148v, 149v).
Binding: Modern cloth binding, June 1961 (note, back flyleaf i recto).
Origin: Written in the 18th century.
Penn Provenance:
Sold by Charles F. Worel (London), 1951.
Cited in:
Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 240-241 (Ms. E.F. Smith 34).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 512
Contributor:
Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
OCLC:
155964392