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PG-P.760.067
25 Dec 1760:32 (1670)
Philadelphia, December 25, 1758. For the entertainment of
the curious, Is proposed to exhibit, on Monday and Tuesday
next, in the apparatus room in the college (the air being
pretty dry), a course of experiments in that curious and
entertaining branch of natural philosophy, called
electricity. To be accompanied with lectures on the nature
and properties of the electric fire. by Ebenezer
Kinnersley, M.A. Professor of English and Oratory, in the
College and Academy of Philadelphia. . . [1 column: 2
lectures with 27 and 22 experiments respectively. Number 26
in the first lecture is] Eight musical bells rung by an
electrified phial of water. [Number 21 in the second
lecture is:] A curious machine put in motion by lightening,
and playing variety of tunes on eight musical bells.
. . . [6 lines] The lectures to begin each day, precisely at
eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Tickets to be had at Mr.
Kinnersley's house, in Market-street and at the London
Coffee-house. Price half a dollar for each lecture. . .
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