Benjamin Franklin etching by H. B. Hall, 1879. Benjamin Franklin. Etching by H. B. Hall, 1879. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was an author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and a version ofthe glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania. | |
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