>>13797897>Never discovered anything of importance. A midwit of his day.Science:
Positive and negative electrical notation
Bifocals
Franklin stove
lightening rods
Armonica
swimming fins
He studied and some say discovered the gulf stream on his many voyages across the Atlantic
NOTE: Franklin gave away the patents which would have made him extremely wealthy because he believed in serving others
As a politician Franklin signed all the great documents creating the USA
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
others you never heard of
NOTE: they gave the constitution to Franklin to proof read and change as he saw fit
The founding father of USA were raised reading the works of Franklin. He was the respected old man they all deferred to.
Without Franklin's work in France to get French money and military support. The American Revolution might have failed.
Franklin only had a grammar school education.
He self taught himself everything,
He was the most famous person alive when he died.
Born the fifteen child of a candle stick maker in rural early America he was such a successful businessman that he was able to retire at a young age and devote himself to the American revolution and establishing the USA while doing scientific studies in his free time.
Benjamin Franklin deserves to be called "The First American"
