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Rockliff, Mara,

Mesmerized : how Ben Franklin solved a mystery that baffled all of France / How Ben Franklin solved a mystery that baffled all of France written by Mara Rockliff ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno. - First edition. - 45 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 45)

Discover how, in Paris in the 1770s, Benjamin Franklin's scientific method challenged a certain Dr. Mesmer's mysterious powers in a whimsical look at a true moment in history.--

Junior Library Guild selection

ISBN: 9780763663513 0763663514

LCCN: 2014939337

Subjects--Personal Names:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 --Juvenile literature.
Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815 --Juvenile literature.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mesmerism
Psychology--Experiments
Science--Experiments
Science--Methodology
Science--Methodology--Juvenile literature.
Psychology--Experiments--Juvenile literature.
Mesmerism--Juvenile literature.
Science--Experiments--Juvenile literature.
Science--Methodology.
Psychology--Experiments.
Mesmerism.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France
France--History--18th century--Juvenile literature.
France--History--18th century.

LC Class. No.: Q175.2 / .R63 2015

Dewey Class. No.: [E] 973.3092 B