Early 1800 Benjamin Franklin suggested using electricity to help cure mental issues, this was the beginning of Electricshock Therapy.…
Ben Franklin was one of the greatest inventors of all time. Known mostly for making the lightning rod, he also made the Franklin Stove, Poor Richard's Almanac, and paved roads. Born in 1706, he learned to read at an early age, went to school, but left to work when he was 10. Then at age 12, Ben Was apprenticed to his older brother James. After Ben was apprenticed, James wouldn’t publish his articles, Ben became Mrs. Silence Dogood so James would publish “her”…
Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is known for inventing things such as the bifocals, the Franklin Stove, the glass harmonica, and the lightning rod. In 1732, he published Poor Richard’s Almanac. Ben also helped write and review the Declaration of Independence. He helped work out the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary war. In 1746, Ben found work from other scientists on their electrical experiments. While he was doing an experiment, he shocked himself. He wrote in one of his letters, "...a universal blow throughout my whole body from head to foot, which seemed within as well as without; after which the first thing I took notice of was a violent quick shaking of my body..." During the summer…
This invention was extremely helpful to many citizens, because it diverted the electricity of lightning into the ground away from houses or buildings. The lightning rod was an inexpensive way to keep buildings safer. This invention began after Franklin accidentally shocked himself in 1746, this fascinating experience was his motivation to invent the lightning rod (“Benjamin Franklin’s Inventions”). Another one of Franklin’s successful inventions were bifocals. Bifocals are glasses with two different focal lengths.…
Any one of Franklin's many accomplishments would have been enough to make him famous. He organized the first library in America. He invented many things, including the lightning rod. Franklin amazed scientists throughout the world with his experiments in electricity.…
Benjamin Franklin once said, “Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What 's a sundial in the shade?” 1 Throughout history there have been many amazing inventors who used their talents to innovate beyond their time period. People like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Alexander Graham Bell were examples of such talented innovators with inventions that are in one way or another still used in today’s day to day life. To beat them all, Benjamin Franklin is famous not for one but multiple inventions that are still in use today. Franklin reinvented the postal service, optometry, invented the Franklin Stove, and made important discoveries with electricity, all of which proves why Benjamin Franklin is one of the world’s greatest and most influential inventors.…
Benjamin franklin wasn’t only a scientist he was also a printer and a little bit of a writer. Benjamin Franklin was recruited in the United States cabinet. He was working with George washington and others to make the constitution he even signed it with everyone else involved. Benjamin Franklin never gave up and that’s how he got his face on the most valuable bill in the United States which is the $100 bill which has changed during the years. After he finished with the kite experiment he made two inventions that may or may not changed…
"Ben Franklin 's Kite Experiment: Ben 's Big Idea." Code Check. Taunton Press, Inc., 2013. Web. 8 Sept. 2013. .…
As a child, Benjamin Franklin was fascinated about lighting. Many years later, he had a theory. He believed that lightning could be a powerful source of energy. To test his theory, he flew his kite with a key attached to it hoping to harness the power of electricity. His theory was proven, and that is why electricity exists today.…
His most significant discoveries, however, were in the field of electricity. His famous kite experiment proved that lightning is an electrical phenomenon. In 1774 he invented a cast-iron open heater, which projected out from the chimney and radiated heat from the back and from the sides as well as the front (126).…
[ 2 ]. Franklin, Benjamin. 1909. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Ed. Charles W. Eliot. New…
This was all new to everyone in America and across the world (Ben's Big Idea). “Benjamin hypothesized that lightning is an electrical phenomenon, and that the electrical effect of lightning might be transferable to another object and cause an effect that could be recognized as electricity. He set out to prove it in an experiment” (Ben’s big idea). By the discoveries Franklin made he helped to open the doors for inventors and authors in years to come.…
Benjamin Franklin is a hero who still has an impact on us today. He invented objects that some people still use now. He invented a way to harness and conduct electricity. He also invented bifocal glasses, swim fins,and a musical instrument called the glass harmonica. He was very intelligent and involved in politics.…
a. Franklin, believed that science could solve the problems of human life and that knowledge came from the senses, observation, and experimentation. Society, economy and human affairs Franklin believed that they should be applied to knowledge. School was defiantly a big part of Franklin he was very dedicated to his studying. Franklin made a proposal that was very important to exposed the stimulus on a new education republic. Franklin was a very educated man who became successful from being ambitious and having common sense.…
Benjamin franklin was born in January 17,1706,Boston,MA.He died in April 17,1790,Philadelphia,PA.He was a inventer he invented the lightning rod and electricity.He had a wife and three kids two boys and one girl.There names were William Franklin,Sarah Franklin,and the youngest died from smallpox when he was four.The wife was named Deborah Read.She died in 1708 the cause of death is a stroke.Benjamin Franklin was elected president of Pennsylvania in 1769.Benjamin is on $100 dollar bill.Benjamin had 9 brothers,and had 8 sisters.There names are James Franklin,Joseph Franklin,Joseph Franklin 2,Peter Franklin,Ebenezer Franklin,Josiah Franklin Jr,Thomas Franklin,Samuel Franklin,John Franklin,and the girls are Anne Harris,Jane Mecom,Elizabeth Douse,Mary…