Benjamin Franklin is a photograph by Gary Brown which was uploaded on July 14th, 2016.
Benjamin Franklin
Caricature of the US scientist, inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) flying a kite in a thunderstorm. Franklin was one of the... more
by Gary Brown
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Benjamin Franklin
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Gary Brown
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Caricature of the US scientist, inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) flying a kite in a thunderstorm. Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He proposed and may have conducted experiments with a kite in a thunderstorm to show that lightning is electricity. This led to his invention of the lightning rod to protect buildings from lightning strikes. He also invented fins for swimming, bifocal glasses, a urinary catheter and showed that evaporation cooled objects. He helped shape the American Revolution and was a signatory of the US Declaration of Independence.
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