Notes

Main job was a printer.

Was an excllent swimmer he learend from swimming the Schuylkill
Almost opened a swimming pool because of it.

Was the poster master of Philadelphia

at 21 he started the first library in Philly
It was called the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Ben was over 45 years (old for the time) when he began
experimenting with electricity



Ben was not a mathmatician his experiments were all by manual
trial and error.

Ben invented electricity tems like battery, charged, condense, conductor, positively and negatively.

Ben considered financial debt as slavory. He belived that a man could sell his freedom financiall.

Ben was almost killed twice by electric shock

In 1736 he orginzed the first volunteer fire company.

In 1751 he organized the first insurance company.

Ben inveted the Franklin Stove. He decided to not take profit form the invention.

In 1751 he started the first hospital in America.

In 1961 he invented the first oringal musical instrument called the glas harp.

in 1951 he started the University of Pannsylvania

He invented the rocking chair.

Severl would be scientists tried the key on the kite string experiment and were shocked to death.
Ben survived his trial.
Bifocal spectacles