https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y made by Jonas and Moritz en-us 2018-03-12 13:57:17 UTC 2026-02-02 23:50:29 UTC hello@padlet.com putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240870805 Benjamin Franklin was many things in his lifetime: a printer, a postmaster, an ambassador, an author, a scientist, a Founding Father. Above all, he was an inventor, creating solutions to common problems, innovating new technology, and even making life a little more musical.]]> 2018-03-12 14:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240870805 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240872049 2018-03-12 14:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240872049 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240874029 Lightning Rod

]]> 2018-03-12 14:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240874029 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240876148 Franklin is known for his experiments with electricity, a fascination that began in earnest after he accidentally shocked himself in 1746. By 1749, he had turned his attention to the possibility of protecting buildings—and the people inside—from lightning strikes. Having noticed that a sharp iron needle conducted electricity away from a charged metal sphere, he theorized that such a design could be useful.]]> 2018-03-12 14:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240876148 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240877589 2018-03-12 14:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240877589 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240878976 Like most of us, Franklin found that his eyesight was getting worse as he got older, and he grew both near-sighted and far-sighted. Tired of switching between two pairs of eyeglasses, he invented “double spectacles,” or what we now call bifocals. He had the lenses from his two pairs of glasses (one for reading and one for distance) sliced in half horizontally and then remade into a single pair—with the lens for distance at the top and the one for reading at the bottom.]]> 2018-03-12 14:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240878976 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240880391 2018-03-12 14:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240880391 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240881752 An avid swimmer, Franklin was just 11 years old when he invented swimming fins—two oval pieces of wood that, when grasped in the hands, provided extra thrust through the water. (He also tried out fins for his feet, but they weren’t as effective.)

]]> 2018-03-12 14:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240881752 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240883787 2018-03-12 14:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240883787 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240886062 In 1742, Franklin—perhaps fed up with the cold Pennsylvania winters—invented a better way to heat rooms. The Franklin stove, as it came to be called, was a metal-lined fireplace designed to stand a few inches away from the chimney. A hollow baffle at the rear let heat from the fire mix with the air more quickly, and an inverted siphon helped to extract more heat. His invention also produced less smoke than a traditional fireplace, making it that much more desirable.]]> 2018-03-12 14:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/240886062 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/242725141 2018-03-16 09:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/242725141 putinputinistsogeil https://padlet.com/putinputinistsogeil/3u8g8hcq615y/wish/242725778 -6th President of       Pennsylvania
- Born: January 17, 1706
 Boston, Massachusetts  Bay
-Died: April 17, 1790 (aged 84)
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
-Nationality: American
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