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Benjamin Franklin
This category is for questions about the multi-talented Benjamin Franklin, who managed to be a scientist, politician, and just about everything in-between.
2,328 Questions
How can you use a penny saved is a penny earned in the sentence?
A Penny saved is a penny earned, as you would not have it any other way
What is the value of a ben Franklin 50 cent piece?
Dates and mintmarks usually are needed for values, but with Franklin halves, they are so common if it has any wear at all the value is only for the silver in the coin.
How do you capture and store the lightning?
You invent the device that does it. Although the electrical output is obviously huge when it occurs, the energy in the pulse drops down to nearly nothing in milliseconds. A lightning rod that fed into an electromagnetic field revolving inside a circular torus might allow the energy to be "trapped" inside the magnetic field and around inside there not physically touching anything, and then slowly retrieved. Good luck.
Mark Twain uses the last words of Benjamin Franklin None but the brave deserve the fair in order to?
show the result of being well prepared for death.
Who was Benjamin franklins wife?
He had a common law marriage with Deborah Read. (Her first husband actually left her without granting her a divorce.) She was not, however, the biological mother of Franklin's son William.
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Was the US a colony when Benjamin Franklin was born?
Yes, the USA was a British colony when he was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1706
How many questions did Parliament ask Benjamin Franklin during the stamp act testimony?
147, according to the 2008 printed edition of the World Book Encyclopedia.
Richard Synergy of Montreal Canada flew a single kite to 13,609 ft above ground level on August 14th 2000 near Kincardine, Canada. The kite train record , that is, multiple kites on one line, was set in 1919 at 31,955 ft by a German Weather station team at Lindenberg, East Germany.
Who is the oldest Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin alex Hamilton?
Does the person writing the question mean to ask "Who was born the most years ago?" or perhaps, "Who lived to be oldest?" Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809. Ben Franklin was born in 1706. Alexander Hamilton was born in the 1750s (some sources say 1755, some say 1757) So if you want to know who was born the longest time ago, that would be Ben Franklin.
How many instruments did Benjamin Franklin play?
Benjamin Franklin played at least three instruments, the violin, harp, and guitar. He may have played others, and certainly invented the glass armonica.
What is Benjamin Franklin's formula for success?
Franklin had a simple formula for success. He believed that successful people worked just a little harder than other people.
What did Deborah Read Rogers die of?
A stroke. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Read for details.
