Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever ... The creations and inventions of Franklin's adult life are legendary and far-flung. He published the oft ...

The Franklin Institute devotes an entire page on its website to “things Benjamin Franklin never ... that Franklin’s well-known practical inventions—the lightning rod, bifocals, the so ...

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