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Franklinian, a. (n.)|fræŋˈklɪnɪən|
[f. the proper name Franklin (see prec.) + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin; also, following Franklin (in politics).
1767Priestley Hist. Electricity in Franklin's Wks. (1887) II. 65 The Franklinian system. 1808J. Webster Nat. Phil. 133 The Franklinian Theory. 1814J. Q. Adams Wks. (1856) X. 90 In politics, Rittenhouse was..Franklinian, democrat, totally ignorant of the world.
B. n. A follower of Franklin; a Franklinist.
1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. IV. xlvi. 283 You will find the ideas of the Franklinians concerning it quite contradictory.
So Franˈklinic a. [see -ic], an epithet applied to electricity excited by friction; ˈFranklinism [see -ism], frictional electricity; ˈFranklinist [see -ist], one who follows Franklin in his theory of electricity.
1767Priestley Hist. Electricity in Franklin's Wks. (1887) II. 65 The terms Franklinism, Franklinist..occur in almost every page. 1772Franklin Let. Wks. 1887 IV. 501 All the rest, who have in any degree acquainted themselves with electricity, are, as he calls them, Franklinists. 1862Grove Corr. Phys. Forces (ed. 4) 115 What is called Franklinic electricity. 1883E. C. Mann Psychol. Med. 556 (Cent.) It has also been called ‘frictional’ electricity..or Franklinism. |