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Other works are "Lettere sull'elettricismo" (1758); "Experimenta atque observationes quibus electricitas vindex late constituitur" (1769); and "Dell'elettricitĂ terrestre atmosferica a cielo sereno" (1775), the first extended treatise on the subject of atmospheric electricity.
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was his recording instrument. In broken or stormy weather, positive and negative electrification were detected; whereas in calm, serene weather "the excessive or positive was always found". The sinuous or forked character of
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was attributed to the resistance of the air; and the rupture of the shoes of a man struck by a flash, to the "moisture of the feet flying into vapour". Beccaria confirmed the observation of
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Cerruti, Luigi. âDante's Bones: Geography and
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in 1778. Franklin considered "Dell'elettricismo" «one of the best pieces on the subject . . . in any language.»
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His principal work is his treatise "Dell'elettricismo artificiale e naturale" (1753), which was translated into
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in 1716. In 1732, at the age of sixteen, he entered the religious
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