the glass armonica and flexible urinary catheters. But back to the books. Books donated by Benjamin Franklin, on display in the Franklin Public Library. (Sharon Brody/WBUR) Franklin Public Library ...

It’s pretty much guaranteed that he was the only teen in his native Maryland who idolized Benjamin Franklin ... swim fins, the Franklin stove and flexible urinary catheter counting among ...

Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States, came to symbolize for many what it meant to be an American during the Revolutionary War with his unadorned clothes and speech, quick wit, and ...

In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. And in the New England pantheon no two so cordially disliked each other, unless you ...

Christopher Leaman Benjamin Franklin was, in his own words ... swimming fins, a flexible urinary catheter and a “long arm” for removing objects from high shelves. In a 1785 letter to ...

Without financial common sense as written by Benjamin Franklin in “The Way to Wealth“, “We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our ...

While the answers to this question are multifaceted, the wisdom of one of America’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, offer a roadmap for us today. Franklin was more than just a statesman ...

But what does that mean? Thinking about this, my mind turned to a recent book about Benjamin Franklin by journalist Eric Weiner, “Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and ...

Let’s talk about the kite and the lightning storm. In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated ...

Benjamin Franklin had an exceptionally close bond with his son—until the American Revolution pitted them against each other. Benjamin Franklin and his son William demonstrate the electrical ...