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

In a letter to his friend Benjamin Rush he predicted that future generations would believe that "The essence of the [American Revolution was] that Dr. Franklin's electrical rod smote the earth and ...

A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its ...