• The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 4 (July 1, 1750-June 30, 1753), edited by Leonard W. Labaree (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961).

• The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 10, edited by Jared Sparks (London: Benjamin Franklin Stevens, 1882).

• J. A. Leo Lemay, "Benjamin Franklin," American National Biography (1999 edition).

• Bernard I. Cohen, Benjamin Franklin's Experiments: A New Edition of Franklin's Experiments and Observations on Electricity (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1941).

• Bernard I. Cohen, Benjamin Franklin's Science (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990).