A Letter ... concerning some new electrical Experiments, by John Canton, M.A. and F.R.S. - 1754

This letter discusses experiments that studied the positively and negatively charged aspects of electricity. The item, first read before the Royal Society on November 14, 1754, is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 48, For the Year 1753, pages 780-785, plus two extended plates showing figures supporting the text. This volume of the transactions was published in London in 1754. The pages of the paper are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The item is in good condition. The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the paper and the figures on the extended plates. John Canton FRS (31 July 1718 – 22 March 1772) was an English physicist. In 1750 he read a paper before the Royal Society on a method of making artificial magnets, which procured him election as a fellow of the society and the award of the Copley Medal. He was the first in England to verify Benjamin Franklin's hypothesis of the identity of lightning and electricity, and he made several important electrical discoveries. [Wikipedia] Thomas Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield FRS (12 October 1723 – 9 February 1795), styled Viscount Parker between 1732 and 1764, was a British peer and politician.. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in November 1747. [Wikipedia]