<P> Experiments and Observations on Electricity is a mid-eighteenth century book consisting of letters from Benjamin Franklin . These letters concerned Franklin's discoveries about the behavior of electricity based on experimentation and scientific studies . The book came in pamphlet form for the first three English editions . The last two editions were in a book volume with hard covers and a book spine . There were eleven European editions of the book: five English editions, three French editions, and a German, Italian and Latin edition . The publication was well received worldwide . It was considered America's most important scientific book of the eighteenth century . </P> <P> The book came about through the activities of scientists at the Royal Society of London . Franklin sent letters to members of the Society about his experiments on electricity and the observations he had made . Most of these letters went to Peter Collinson . Some of these were read at the society's meetings . There was much interest shown, so some of them were sent to a printer to be published in a magazine . Public interest in Franklin's letters about electricity led the Society to gather together many of the letters to Collinson from Franklin over a two - year period and send them to the printer for publication . This first collection of letters was published in a ninety - page pamphlet in 1751 . It was soon followed by other parts that were "Supplemental" to the existing edition and eventually a "New" publication was sold from the total of all the "Parts" produced . Each edition expanded by additional Franklin letters being added . It ultimately became a 496 - page volume by 1769 . The book inspired others to follow in Franklin's footsteps to do further in - depth research on electricity . </P>

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