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Hints of important uses, to be derived from aerostatic globes. With a print of an aerostatic globe, and its appendages. Originally designed in 1783. By Thomas Martyn.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1774 Cou (b.w.) Af.411.7 (Franklin)
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760-1816. 48429
Contributor:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.
Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator.
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.
Dufief, N. G. 1776?-1834, bookseller.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
16p.,plate ; 4°.
Place of Publication:
London : printed for the author; and sold by Mr. White; Mr. Payne; Mr. Robson; Mr. Johnson; Mr. Debrett; and Mr. Becket, 1784.
Local Notes:
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Court de Gébelin, Lettre, q.v.; item 7 in volume; leaves shaved at right. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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