Benjamin Franklin the man of the infinite habilities
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) The United States shall never forget Benjamin Franklin because he was a great man for his country doing things as politician, scientist, citizen, philosopher, artist, etc. ... Nowadays, the Americans honor Franklin as one of their founding men or fathers like we do with Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Vicente Guerrero or Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, etc. Although he was born in Boston, the city of Philadelphia is remembered as the home of Benjamin Franklin because there was where he wrote & signed the declaration of independence, most of his inventions, etc. In Philadelphia, we can find Franklins gravesite, the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial & the Franklin Institute Science Museum. In my research I could find many great things in Benjamin Franklin’s life, some of ‘em are: - In Science A scientist has been defined through the time as someone so thinks about the way things work & tries to figure out ways to make things work better. Franklin is most famous for his questions & works about electricity, but he also experimented with many other ideas in nature. In 1743, Benjamin Franklin observed that northeast storms begin in the southwest. ... Benjamin rode a horse through a storm and chased a whirlwind three-quarters of a mile in order to learn more about storms. So, in a way, Franklin was a weatherman too. ... Since Benjamin spent so much time sailing to Europe across the Atlantic Ocean, he became very interested in both ocean currents and shipbuilding. ... Benjamin Franklin watched the lightning during the storms & wondered about its power. Benjamin Franklin suspected that lightning was an electrical current in nature, and he wanted to see if he was right. ... Benjamin understood that lightning was very powerful, and he also knew that it was dangerous. ... Benjamin Franklin was always looking for new ideas about electricity, since it was one of his favorite pastimes, so he also developed another device to help him understand electricity. ... Benjamin Franklin wrote the following about his bells: “In September 1752, I erected an Iron Rod to draw the Lightning down into my House, in order to make some Experiments on it, with two Bells to give Notice when the Rod should be electrified. ... ” Excerpted from: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. ... 69, letter from Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson dated September 1753. ... ” The Writings of Benjamin Franklin. ... 421-422, "Experiments, observations, and facts tending to support the opinion of the utility of long, pointed rods, for securing buildings from damage by strokes of lightning," by Benjamin Franklin.