It might surprise you to learn that the bespectacled Benjamin Franklin was once quite the womanizer who fathered an ...

The creations and inventions of Franklin's adult life ... Of the "Founding Fathers," Benjamin Franklin alone signed the three pivotal documents associated with the nation's birth: the Declaration ...

Benjamin Franklin did not invent electricity, but he discovered how to harness its power for common use. Franklin's kite ...

There are many historical inventions that have changed the world as we know it. Can you imagine if Ben Franklin didn’t discover electricity or if Alexander Graham Bell didn’t discover the ...

Ben Franklin’s famous experiment with the kite and key gave him a better understanding of the nature of electricity. But did that event lead to the lightning rod? When Benjamin Franklin died in ...

Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers ... He was also known for pioneering inventions such as the flexible catheter, ...

Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary ... developed life-saving inventions, and contributed as much as anyone to the foundation of the American ...

The creations and inventions of Franklin's adult life ... Of the "Founding Fathers," Benjamin Franklin alone signed the three pivotal documents associated with the nation's birth: the Declaration ...