Benjamin Franklin By: Jacob Glasgow 6th Period

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Ben Franklin’s Life

• He was born in 1776 in Boston , Massachusetts

• He was married to Deborah Rodgers

• He had two sons William and Francis who died

Accomplished

• Printing Apprentice• Poor Richard's Almanac

• The Pennsylvania Fireplace

• Studies on Whirlwinds and the Gulf Stream

Accomplished

• Proposed a "one-fluid" theory of electricity, which is charges lost by one body must be gained by another in equal amounts. Now known as the “law of conservation of charge”, it remains a fundamental scientific tenet.

• His famous kite experiment proved that lightning is an electric charge which led him to invent the lightning rod .

Website Citation Page

• Oakes, Elizabeth H. "Franklin, Benjamin." Encyclopedia of World Scientists, Revised Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2007. Science Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE40&SID=5&iPin= EWSR0304&SingleRecord=True (accessed December 14, 2009).