As an infant and as an adult Benjamin Franklin was an inventor. Benjamin Franklin invented a large number of inventions that we use in our everyday lives.
When Franklin was an infant he designed something like swimming fins so that he could swim faster. Ben also invented something like water skiing and paragliding put together when he was an infant. He lay in the water held the stick of the kite and then let the wind pull him around. In 1752 Franklin and his son William put a key on a kite string and when they felt lightning strike the kite he when to his lab and found out that electricity is in the atmosphere. Another invention that he created was the odometer in 1762. The odometer could help deliver mail faster. One day Franklin thought about the damages that lightning was doing to houses and ships so he invented a “Lightning Rod” which makes the lightning not damage the houses. In 1744 Franklin improved fireplaces by letting the metal soak the wood and warm the room even after the fire was out. On May 9, 1754 the first cartoon “Join or Die” was created by Franklin and published. In 1758 Franklin and John Hadley figured out the principles of refrigeration. Then in 1761 Franklin made something called an Armonica, which is like a piano.
During his whole life Benjamin Franklin was an extraordinary inventor. Benjamin Franklin never letting anything go without questioning its source.
Bibliography: Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary Inventor
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Family LIfe of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706. His father’s name was Josiah and mother’s name was Abiah. Benjamin was the youngest boy out of seventeen children.
Benjamin’s father, Josiah, was a Candler. He did not make so much money with that job though. Benjamin’s father sent him to Boston Latin School but after one year took him out. Benjamin Franklin also went to a regular school that taught him how to write and to do math. Again his father took him out after one year. For the next few years Benjamin Franklin worked for his brother, James, in his printing shop . At the age of sixteen Benjamin Franklin wrote a new newspaper called “New England Courant”. No one new that he was writing it because he used pen names. One of the pen names that he used was “Mrs. Silence Dogood”. When Benjamin was seventeen he ran away from home to go to New York. He wanted to go to New York to work in the only printing shop in New York owned by William Bradford. William Bradford told him to go to Philadelphia. Franklin went to Philadelphia; his favorite part of Philadelphia was living near the Quakers because they welcomed all religions. In 1730 Deborah read and Benjamin Franklin moved in together but they couldn’t have a real wedding. Their first sons name was Francis Folger who died of small pox at the age of four. Then they had a daughter named Sarah. Their last child’s name was William. When Deborah died from a stroke she hadn’t seen Benjamin for fifteen years. Benjamin Started to publish the Philadelphisches Zeitung, the first newspaper printed in German colonies but printing stopped after a few issues.
Benjamin Franklin had a difficult childhood but as he grew older he accomplished many great things. He fulfilled his dreams.
Benjamin’s father, Josiah, was a Candler. He did not make so much money with that job though. Benjamin’s father sent him to Boston Latin School but after one year took him out. Benjamin Franklin also went to a regular school that taught him how to write and to do math. Again his father took him out after one year. For the next few years Benjamin Franklin worked for his brother, James, in his printing shop . At the age of sixteen Benjamin Franklin wrote a new newspaper called “New England Courant”. No one new that he was writing it because he used pen names. One of the pen names that he used was “Mrs. Silence Dogood”. When Benjamin was seventeen he ran away from home to go to New York. He wanted to go to New York to work in the only printing shop in New York owned by William Bradford. William Bradford told him to go to Philadelphia. Franklin went to Philadelphia; his favorite part of Philadelphia was living near the Quakers because they welcomed all religions. In 1730 Deborah read and Benjamin Franklin moved in together but they couldn’t have a real wedding. Their first sons name was Francis Folger who died of small pox at the age of four. Then they had a daughter named Sarah. Their last child’s name was William. When Deborah died from a stroke she hadn’t seen Benjamin for fifteen years. Benjamin Started to publish the Philadelphisches Zeitung, the first newspaper printed in German colonies but printing stopped after a few issues.
Benjamin Franklin had a difficult childhood but as he grew older he accomplished many great things. He fulfilled his dreams.
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