Title Stealing God's thunder : Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod and the invention of America / Philip Dray.

Publication Info.	New York : Random House, [2005]
	©2005

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	E302.6.F8 D69 2005	Available	---

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xviii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index.
Contents	"Cotton Mather, dam you, with a pox to you!" -- Made at Philadelphia -- A subject of serene contemplation -- The mighty hand of God -- Electric ambassador -- The science of freedom.
Subject	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Knowledge and learning -- Physics.
	Physics.
	Electricity -- Experiments -- History -- 18th century.
	Electricity -- Experiments.
	History.
Chronological Term	18th century
Subject	Lightning -- Experiments -- History -- 18th century.
	Lightning -- Experiments.
	Lightning.
	Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
	Statesmen.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
	Physicists.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
ISBN	140006032X alkaline paper