1. Benjamin Franklin - Biography
... grew and he began experimenting on electricity. He conducted experiments and recorded them into a book called "Experiments and Observations on Electricity." He is most famous for his kite-key experiment in 1752 to prove there was electricity in light. He is also credited to the invention of bifocal glasses, the rocking chair, and the American penny. "His self ... -education earned him honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, England's Oxford University and Scotland's University of St. Andrews in Scotland." Franklin became a member of Philadelphia's city council in 1748. He worked his way up ...
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- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School