On this day in 1785, Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals, a fixture that has been a part of my life over four decades. Get 3 months just 99¢/month SUBSCRIBE NOW! Show Search ...

The list of his inventions included: bifocals; the medical catheter ... Of the "Founding Fathers," Benjamin Franklin alone signed the three pivotal documents associated with the nation's birth ...

Why is Benjamin Franklin Day celebrated? Franklin led a full life, and his literary works, which are replete with virtues and good habits, can teach us many important lessons about life.

Christopher Leaman Benjamin Franklin was, in his own words ... In a 1785 letter to a friend, Franklin sketched the bifocal lenses he invented to help him read fine print without switching ...

Yes, that Benjamin Franklin. The Boston-born founding father gained fame as a statesman, newspaper guy and public intellectual — and as the inventor of lightning rods, bifocals, the glass ...

In part because Benjamin Franklin had such a multifarious ... that Franklin’s well-known practical inventions—the lightning rod, bifocals, the so-called Franklin stove—were not merely ...

The list of his inventions included: bifocals; the medical catheter ... Of the "Founding Fathers," Benjamin Franklin alone signed the three pivotal documents associated with the nation's birth ...