Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg introduced the term bacterium in 1828 after Benjamin Franklin had died. Ben Franklin died in 1790. Therefore, Benjamin Franklin said nothing about bacteria.
1750, Franklin coined the word battery for any number of capacitors (used to store electricity) wired together. From the term "gun battery"
Although Franklin was a significant "founding father" of the USA and his work towards independence was significant, no, he was never the President of the US. Contrary to popular belief, Franklin is NOT the only non-president to grace American currency. Alexander Hamilton ($10 bill) and Salmon Chase ($10,000 bill -only circulated for a short time and no longer) were never a US president.
It's not easy to tell you when Franklin invented glasses, because they were well documented in Europe prior to 1300, i.e. 500 years before Franklin was born. Ben Franklin did invent a number of other things, including bi-focals.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President four times, but died early in his fourth term of office.
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A Benjamin is slang for the one hundred dollar bill. It is so named because Benjamin Franklin is the historical figure on the bill.
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg introduced the term bacterium in 1828 after Benjamin Franklin had died. Ben Franklin died in 1790. Therefore, Benjamin Franklin said nothing about bacteria.
1750, Franklin coined the word battery for any number of capacitors (used to store electricity) wired together. From the term "gun battery"
Benjamin Franklin said it best: it increaseth the desire, but decreaseth the performance.
He used a kite that's where the term "flying kite in the rainstorm" comes from.
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It is attributed to Benjamin Franklin and is said to have appeared in Poor Richard's Almanac.
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The term "electricity" is derived from a term used by William Gilbert in 1600 to describe static electricity. The discovery that lightning is electrical was made by Benjamin Franklin in 1759.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Franklin Pierce was the son of Benjamin Pierce, two-term governor of New Hampshire. (William Henry Harrison's father , Benjamin, was governor or Virginia before it became a state. )