1The Busy-Body, No. 8, 27 March 1729 (Franklin Papers)
Money; and if the Sands of Schuylkil were so much mixed with small Grains of...
2The Palatines’ Appeal, 15 February 1732 (Franklin Papers)
...let them swim, and one could not have a little Sand to sink the Body to the Ground; one dare...
3Afterword to Every Man His Own Doctor, 1736 (Franklin Papers)
, and digest in a proper Vessel in a Sand-Heat for Six Hours, afterwards decant for Use.
4Extracts from the Gazette, 1742 (Franklin Papers)
...-bottles neatly set in Brass, Ink and sand Glasses with Brass Heads, Pounce and Pounce...
5To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Darling, [February 1747?] (Franklin Papers)
23. What part of Sand and ashes is Converted into Glass?
6From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Darling, 10 February 1747 (Franklin Papers)
The Ingredients of Common Window and Bottle Glass are only Sand and Ashes.
7From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 25 May 1747 (Franklin Papers)
...Shot is likewise destroy’d; 1. By sifting fine Sand on it; this does it gradually: 2. By...
8From Benjamin Franklin to Jared Eliot, 16 July 1747 (Franklin Papers)
..., if not the best Iron” from black sea sand, 1762, he received a gold medal from the...
9Poor Richard Improved, 1748 (Franklin Papers)
Sell-cheap kept Shop on Goodwin Sands, and yet had Store of Custom.
10Poor Richard Improved, 1749 (Franklin Papers)
...sandy beaches, which are nothing but beds of sand, they grow as thick as possible; from...