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Publication date of autobiography isn't 1771

While he started it then, the first edition was published (in French) in 1791. The bibliographic entry for this work should be a specific and accurate version. For instance:

Franklin, Benjamin (2004) [1791], Houston, Alan (ed.), The "autobiography" and other writings on politics, economics, and virtue (PDF), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521834964, retrieved 2016-05-03

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Embassy to Canada

I did not notice mention of his embassy to Canada in early 1776 with Samuel Chase and Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Mannanan51 (talk) 04:01, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Change birth date from January 17th to January 6th. He was christened on the 17th but born on the 6th. FamilySearch.org will link you to several records of his birth on the 6th. Jntrcs (talk) 17:31, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Change birth date from January 17th to January 6th. He was christened on the 17th but born on the 6th. FamilySearch.org will link you to several records of his birth on the 6th. Jntrcs (talk) 17:32, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lede shows the difference between old style and new style dates. No change needed. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:49, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

SOV is correct (naturally). Explanations can be found at Old Style and New Style dates, as well as this article's note at Benjamin_Franklin#cite_note-calendar_group=Note-11. - SummerPhD^v2.0 17:53, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wave Theory of Light Also Held by Malebranche

The statements about Huygens' wave theory of light and only Franklin and Euler agreeing needs to be corrected, as Nicolas Malebranche also came to agree to the wave theory and revoke his earlier occasionalism in a later essay among the Éclaircissements, Elucidations, or Search for Truth (the complete 1721 edition). A published reference noting this fact and the failure of historians on this point can be found in my 2005 article ^[1] in Foundations of Science. hgwb 08:09, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

^ Foundations of Science (2005) vol. 10, p. 153-245. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-004-3068-9

[1] Foundations of Science (2005) vol. 10, p. 153-245. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-004-3068-9

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 :Lede shows the difference between old style and new style dates. No change needed. --[[User talk:SarekOfVulcan|<span class="gfSarekSig">SarekOfVulcan (talk)</span>]] 17:49, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 ::SOV is correct (naturally). Explanations can be found at [[Old Style and New Style dates]], as well as this article's note at [[Benjamin_Franklin#cite_note-calendar_group=Note-11]]. - <span style="color:#D70270;background-color:white;">Sum</span><span style="color:#734F96;background-color:white;">mer</span><span style="color:#0038A8;background-color:white;">PhD</span><sup>[[User talk:SummerPhDv2.0|v2.0]]</sup> 17:53, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
+== Wave Theory of Light Also Held by Malebranche ==
+The statements about Huygens' wave theory of light and only Franklin and Euler agreeing needs to be corrected, as Nicolas Malebranche also came to agree to  the wave theory and revoke his earlier occasionalism in a later essay among the Éclaircissements, Elucidations, or Search for Truth (the complete 1721 edition).  A published reference noting this fact and the failure of historians on this point can be found in my 2005 article <ref> Foundations of Science (2005) vol. 10, p. 153-245.  DOI:
+https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-004-3068-9</ref> in Foundations of Science.  hgwb 08:09, 28 February 2018 (UTC)