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 | | The 1st edition of volume 1 was published between 1769 and 1771 with the noted American scientist and politician Benjamin Franklin being the founder and President of the Society. |
| | In 1771 he built the finest mechanical model of the solar system produced in the colonies and the following year built the finest observatory constructed in the colonies. |
| | During his return trip to England in 1771, Cook was the first ship commander to prevent the outbreak of scurvy, by serving his crew fruit and sauerkraut to prevent the disease. |
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