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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.
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How did Benjamin Franklin improved colonial society?
The contributions of Benjamin Franklin were countless. He was a diplomat for the US and an inventor.He pioneered crop insurance and bifocal eyeglasses. He was so generous he never applied for patents.
Which inventor was said to be a great American inventor in the mold of Benjamin Franklin?
Joseph Henry
Who had the bifocal lenses and lightning rod?
Ben Franklin...... did you know he never was a president everybody thinks that thought.... y?
Who was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence?
Five people made The Declaration of Independence, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. John Adams wrote the first draft but, Thomas Jefferson wrote the final document.
Who discovered electricity Benjamin Franklin or thomas Edison?
Not of them did. The history of electricity goes back more than two thousand years, to the time the Ancient Greeks discovered that rubbing fur on amber caused an attraction between the two. By the 17th century, many electricity-related discoveries had been made, such as the invention of an early electrostatic generator, the differentiation between positive and negative currents, and the classification of materials as conductors or insulators. In the year 1600, English physician William Gilbert conned the term electric, from the Greek elektron, to identify the force that certain substances exert when rubbed against each other. Tesla was who discovered that current had alternate charachetristics and made inventions based on this.
Who started a newspaper in Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin or George Washington?
Franklin, but although his pamphlets were original, the publications he worked for were already in existence. Ben Franklin's name appeared on his brother James's newspaper, the "New England Courant", from 1719 to 1721. He went first to New York, and then to Philadelphia. After being employed by the printer Samuel Keimer, he bought out Keimer's son in their own joint print shop. When Keimer's publication "The Universal Instructor in All Arts and Sciences and Pennsylvania Gazette" failed, Franklin renamed it "The Pennsylvania Gazette". (The publication was later sold and renamed in 1821 as "The Saturday Evening Post".)
When did Benjamin Franklin invent the swim fins?
The exact date of when Benjamin Franklin invented the Swim Fins is unknown.
Bifocals are a type of prescription eyeglasses designed for people who need both near and farsighted vision correction. Different from single vision lenses, bifocals have two corrective lenses on each side of a pair of glasses, for a total of four lenses per pair.
Is Bill Gates related to Benjamin Franklin?
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im pretty sure it was on august 2 1776 at the signing of the declaration of independence
Benjamin Franklin Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead?
Benjamin Franklin is known for putting a lot of wise sayings into his "Poor Richard's Almanac." One of these is the saying, " Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead." This means that trusting others with a secret is a bad idea, because nobody can ever really keep it quiet.
What caliber gun is 14904 It is in good firing condition What is its value?
Your description is of no use. Take it to a gun smith to identify it before a value can be determined.
Did Benjamin Franklin burn british books?
Benjamin Franklin started the first library system in 1731 the colonies prior to the revolutionary war, when books were very expensive, Ben Franklin helped to launch the Library Company in Philadelphia, so that books and powerful resources could be acquired and made available to any one. After his public library plan had spread to other places in America, Franklin remarked on their contribution to the bettering of society and to the recent revolution:
These libraries have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the common tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen from other countries, and perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout the colonies in defense of their privileges.
If you are inquiring due to reading Fahrenheit 451 this is the truth on Benjamin Franklin.
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John Adams. His cousin Samuel Adams was one of the very first advocates of independence.
Which US president is on the $100 bill?
No president is featured on the front of the US $100 bill. It shows a picture of Benjamin Franklin.
While Franklin was one of the most honored and prolific of the Founding Fathers (diplomat, inventor, co-author of the Constitution, essayist, and on and on) he never served as President. The slang name for $100 bills is "Benjamins."
The back of the $100 bill shows a picture of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. If you look closely, there is a statue of George Washington in front of Independence Hall. So technically, George Washington appears on the $100 bill.
Benjamin Franklin is on the US 100-dollar bill. He was never a president but probably would have been had he been younger when the US was formed.
No US President is featured on the 100 dollar bill. Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the USA and one of the most famous Americans to impact the world, is featured on the 100 dollar bill.
No president is on the 100 dollar bill in the United States. The person on the 100 dollar bill is Benjamin Franklin, who was never president.
Was Benjamin Franklin a satanist?
No. While it was reported that he may have been a member of the hellfire club,which was rumored(though never confirmed) to be satanist in nature, we see through the examination of literally hundreds of historical sources that Benjamin Franklin was an outstandingly devout Christian who was raised in an exceedingly pious family. One of his best friends was a preacher named George Whitefield and he had said that he was deeply affected by the works of Cotton Mathers a famous preacher and writer of the enlightenment period.
Throughout his adult years Franklin was noted for spreading his ideas of religious acceptance.
