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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franklin, Benjamin | Eliot, Jared | From Benjamin Franklin to Jared Eliot, 13 February 1750 | 1750-02-13 | ...William Nelson, “Josiah Hornblower and the First Steam-Engine in America, with some notices of... |
| 2 | Fitzgerald, Keane | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from [Keane] Fitz Gerald and … | ≈1759-01-01 | ...improvements to and uses for the steam engine, improvements to the thermometer and barometer... |
| 3 | Franklin, Benjamin | Kinnersley, Ebenezer | From Benjamin Franklin to Ebenezer Kinnersley, with … | 1762-02-20 | ...with James Watt in developing the steam engine and provided the working capital that made... |
| 4 | Franklin, Benjamin | Boulton, Matthew | From Benjamin Franklin to Matthew Boulton, 22 May 1765 | 1765-05-22 | ...engineer and the associate of James Watt in developing the steam engine, see above, |
| 5 | To Benjamin Franklin from Matthew Boulton, [22 February … | 1766-02-22 | ...engineer, associated with James Watt in the development of the steam engine, see above, | ||
| 6 | From Benjamin Franklin to Matthew Boulton, 19 March … | 1766-03-19 | The model of a steam engine Boulton had asked him to return. | ||
| 7 | To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Priestley, 21 … | 1766-09-21 | ...bent tubes. It has been called the first steam engine. The word is sometimes also used for a... | ||
| 8 | To Benjamin Franklin from Francois Willem de Monchy, 4 … | 1766-11-04 | ...of the costs of the parts of the steam engine and its house. It appears to read as... | ||
| 9 | Monchy, François Willem de | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from François Willem de Monchy, 9 … | 1767-01-09 | ...Desaguliers made several improvements in steam engines and evidently worked on one erected to... |
| 10 | Tissington, Anthony | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Anthony Tissington, 17 May … | 1767-05-17 | That is, steam engines. |