Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin ... living in Boston, Franklin was the 15th of 17 children. Franklin left school at 10 and began an apprenticeship in his ...

Ben Franklin’s famous experiment with the kite and key gave him a better understanding of the nature of electricity. But did that event lead to the lightning rod? When Benjamin Franklin died in ...

Mr. Cohen has written an introduction comprising chapters on Franklin and science, electricity before Franklin, Franklin's work in electricity and on the editions of Franklin's book. It is ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin ... living in Boston, Franklin was the 15th of 17 children. Franklin left school at 10 and began an apprenticeship in his ...