He got the idea from the war. He also invented the day light savings time!!!!!=)
Ben Franklin had poor vision and got tired of putting on his spectacles, and having to take them off again, so, he invented a way to see both near and far by taking half of a lens from two different pairs of spectacles and put each half into a single frame. He called them bifocals. The year he invented them was 1784.
Benjamin Franklin's achievements in a short sweet answer. He invented bifocals in 1784, the odometer in 1745, the Franklin stove in 1742, and the lightning rod in 1750, discovered electricity, and founded the first fire-fighting company in 1736. As well as published several books and founded several businesses.
Benjamin Harrison was the governor of Virginia from 1782 to 1784. He was also a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Congress appointed Thomas Jefferson as the Minister to France. Thomas Jefferson accepted this appointment on May 11, 1784.
yes there are plenty just go on wikipedia at the end it has tons of places you just have to click on a certain partJust a few the Franklin Bridge connecting Philly with New Jersey, the Franklin Collecge and up to the name Nicholas Cage takes on in the National treasure films, sorry wrong answer before he is not on Mount Rushmore but should be a brilliant man
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The Bifocals by Benjamin Franklin in 1784.
The bifocals were invented in 1784, by Benjamin Franklin, because he had seeing problems, and put two lenses of glass together to magnify his vision.
Ben Franklin had poor vision and got tired of putting on his spectacles, and having to take them off again, so, he invented a way to see both near and far by taking half of a lens from two different pairs of spectacles and put each half into a single frame. He called them bifocals. The year he invented them was 1784.
Many credit Benjamin Franklin with first suggesting what we call Daylight Saving Time or Summer Time, but some say he did so only as a joke.
Benjamin Handley was born in 1784.
Benjamin Franklin is generally credited with the invention of bifocals in 1784
Benjamin Franklin's achievements in a short sweet answer. He invented bifocals in 1784, the odometer in 1745, the Franklin stove in 1742, and the lightning rod in 1750, discovered electricity, and founded the first fire-fighting company in 1736. As well as published several books and founded several businesses.
State of Franklin was created in 1784.
1780: Bifocal glasses were invented by Benjamin Franklin 1783: invention of the hot air balloon 1784: the safety lock is invented by Joseph Bramah 1785: invention of a parachute by Blanchard
Benjamin Hardin was born on 1784-02-29.
Benjamin Harrison was the governor of Virginia from 1782 to 1784. He was also a signer of the Declaration of Independence.