Home
Subject list

FranklinB

1752
 In the summer of this year Benjamin Franklin installed the world’s 1st lightning rods at the Pennsylvania State House.
Links: Technology, Pennsylvania, FranklinB     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
1753
 Benjamin Franklin use the pages of his Poor Richard’s Almanac to make a case for using lightning rods atop tall structures making storms less dangerous.
Links: Technology, Pennsylvania, FranklinB     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
1771
 Britain’s Parliament named Benjamin Franklin to a committee to investigate how lightning rods might help protect gunpowder.
Links: Britain, Technology, FranklinB     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
1790 Apr 17
 Benjamin Franklin (born 1706), American statesman, died in Philadelphia at age 84. He mechanized the process of making sounds from tuned glass with his glass armonica. In 2000 H.W. Brands authored his Franklin biography: "The First American." In 2003 Walter Isaacson authored "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life." In 2005 Philip Dray authored “Stealing God’s Thunder,” an account of Franklin’s work with lightning rods.
Links: USA, Pennsylvania, FranklinB     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
1995 Sep 27
 The US government unveiled its redesigned $100 bill, featuring a larger, off-center portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
Links: USA, Money, FranklinB     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
We offer additional services to help you as well including tax attorney help with tax relief issues, auto accident attorney services, and sustainable development information to research going green!



Go to top