http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:57:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin/#comment-4596 Katy King Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:23:32 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=3582#comment-4596 Thanks for sharing this great extract from The Biography of Benjamin Franklin. What an inspiring leader and complex personality. I never knew he founded University of Pennsylvania, Thanks for sharing this great extract from The Biography of Benjamin Franklin. What an inspiring leader and complex personality. I never knew he founded University of Pennsylvania,

]]> http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin/#comment-4593 John Stevens Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:42:50 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=3582#comment-4593 Benjamin Franklin was indeed a great statesmen and activist. However, very few people know that Benjamin Franklin was also a great electrician. He advanced a tenable theory of the Leyden jar, supported the hypothesis that lightning is an electrical phenomenon, and proposed an effective method of demonstrating this fact. His plan was published in London and carried out in England and France before he himself performed his celebrated experiment with the kite in 1752. He also invented the lightening rod. Benjamin Franklin was indeed a great statesmen and activist. However, very few people know that Benjamin Franklin was also a great electrician. He advanced a tenable theory of the Leyden jar, supported the hypothesis that lightning is an electrical phenomenon, and proposed an effective method of demonstrating this fact. His plan was published in London and carried out in England and France before he himself performed his celebrated experiment with the kite in 1752. He also invented the lightening rod.

]]> http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin/#comment-4586 chris1203 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:54:50 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=3582#comment-4586 Benjamin Franklin never disappoints. He was a wonderful writer along with a wonderful "everything" else. For his time,his knowledge, talent, and intelligence were probably second only to Thomas Jefferson's. Speaking of Jefferson...can you explain WHY Benjamin Franklin never became President? I don't think he ever ran for the position, even. But he would have been a great President. Benjamin Franklin never disappoints. He was a wonderful writer along with a wonderful “everything” else. For his time,his knowledge, talent, and intelligence were probably second only to Thomas Jefferson’s. Speaking of Jefferson…can you explain WHY Benjamin Franklin never became President? I don’t think he ever ran for the position, even. But he would have been a great President.

]]> http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin/#comment-4585 steve werty Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:08:38 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=3582#comment-4585 Ben Franklin was a great man of his time and probably of any era. His contributions are large and hard to over estimate. Most of us struggle to be a success in one field and he managed to be a very successful businessman, inventor, philosopher, politician and leader: Ben Franklin was a great man of his time and probably of any era. His contributions are large and hard to over estimate. Most of us struggle to be a success in one field and he managed to be a very successful businessman, inventor, philosopher, politician and leader:

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