Benjamin Franklin #1
by American Philosophical Society
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Benjamin Franklin #1
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American Philosophical Society
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Photograph - Photograph
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1772 illustration of the US scientist, inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) reading at a desk. Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He proposed and may have conducted experiments with a kite in a thunderstorm to show that lightning is electricity. This led to his invention of the lightning rod to protect buildings from lightning strikes. He also invented fins for swimming, bifocal glasses, a urinary catheter and showed that evaporation cooled objects. He helped shape the American Revolution and was a signatory of the US Declaration of Independence.
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July 12th, 2016
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