The historian of science I. Bernard Cohen, one of the most respected contemporary connoisseurs Franklin said, later in his book, Franklin and Newton: An Inquiry into Speculative Newtonian Experimental Science and Franklin's Work in Electricity as an Example thereof (1956) lack of understanding about the fact that Symmers restoration experiments in general acclaim.
Der Wissenschaftshistoriker I. Bernard Cohen, einer der angesehensten zeitgenössischen Kenner Franklins, äußert in seinem Buch Franklin and Newton: An Inquiry into Speculative Newtonian Experimental Science and Franklin's Work in Electricity as an Example thereof (1956) Unverständnis darüber, dass Symmers restauratorischen Experimente überhaupt Beachtung fanden.