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The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 3 [of 3] · Benjamin Franklin

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_Jackson_, Mr. remarks on population by, ii. 392. _Jamaica_, its vacant lands not easily made sugar lands, iii. 140. _Javelle_, his machinery for moving boats, ii. 177. _Ice_ will not conduct an electric shock, i. 201. _Ice-islands_, dangerous to shipping, ii. 176. _Idleness_, the heaviest tax on mankind, ii. 411, iii. 454. encouraged by charity, ii. 422. reflections on, iii. 428. _Jefferson_, Mr. letter from, on the character of Franklin, iii. 545. _Jesuits_, hostility of the Indians in America excited by, iii. 95. _Ignorance_, a frank acknowledgment of, commendable, i. 308. _Imports_ into Pensylvania from Britain before 1766, iii. 250. _Impress_ of seamen, notes on Judge Foster's argument in favour of, ii. 437. _Inarticulation_ in modern singing, censured, ii. 348. _Increase_ of mankind, observations on, ii. 383, and _seq._ what prevented by, 386, 387. how promoted, 388, 389. further observations on, 393. _Indemnification_, just ground for requiring cessions from an enemy, iii. 93. _Independence_, soon acquired in America, iii. 402. _Indian trade_ and affairs, remarks on a plan for the future management of, iii. 216. spirituous liquors the great encouragement of, 219. the debts from, must be left to honour, 220. not an American but a British interest, 275. _Indians_, of North America, a number of, murdered, i. 139. often excited by the French against the English, iii. 95. list of fighting men in the different nations of, 221. difference of their warfare from that of Europeans, 100. remarks concerning, 383. their mode of life, 384. public councils, 385. politeness in conversation, 386. rules in visiting, 388.

_Industry_, effects of Franklin's, i. 85. the cause of plenty, ii. 396. essential to the welfare of a people, 411. relaxed by cheapness of provisions, 415. a greater portion of, in every nation, than of idleness, 396, 429, iii. 396. its prevalence in America, iii. 373. _Inflammability_ of the surface of rivers, ii. 130. _Inland_ commerce, instances of, iii. 120. _Innovations_ in language and printing, ii. 351. _Inoculation_, letter on the deaths occasioned by, ii. 215. success of, in Philadelphia, 216, 217. _Insects_, utility of the study of, ii. 93. _Interrogation_, the mark of, how to be placed, ii. 356. _Invention_, the faculty of, its inconveniences, i. 308. _Inventions_, new, generally scouted, _ibid._ _Journal_ of a voyage, crossing the gulph-stream, ii. 199. from Philadelphia to France, 200, 201. from the channel to America, 202, _et seq._ _Iron_ contained in the globe, renders it a great magnet, ii. 119. query whether it existed at the creation, 126. hot, gives no bad smell, 247. yields no bad vapours, 248. rods, erected for experiments on the clouds, i. 270. conduct more lightning in proportion to their thickness, 282. _Islands_ far from a continent have little thunder, i. 216. _Italic_ types, use of, in printing, ii. 355. _Judges_, mode of their appointment in America, in 1768, iii. 23. _Junto._ See _Club_. _Keimer_, a connection of Franklin's, some account of, i. 35, 70, 93. _Keith_, sir William, Franklin patronized by, i. 39. deceived by, 54. character of, 57. _Kinnersley_, Mr. electrical experiments by, i. 261, _et seq._, 331. _Kiss_, electrical, i. 177. _Kite_ used to draw electricity from the clouds, i. 108. electrical, described, i. 268. _Knobs_, not so proper as points, for conducting lightning, i. 359.

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