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Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on the 17th of January 1706. When he was 10 years old benjamin worked with his dad as a soap and candle maker at 12 years old he was apprenticed to his brother as a printer. By the time he was 24 benjamin had set up his own printing business as a printer. benjamin published newspapers and began printing poor richards almanac. benjamin franklin retired from the printing business at 42 and began to study science he invented many practical things including an effecient stove called the franklin stove he also studied the ocean the weather and the light but his biggest interest was in electricity.

Benjamin franklin is featured on the observe of the united states hundred dollar bill ($100) and the other side of the note has a picture of independence hall. franklin often used a leyden jar in his experiments it was a glass jar coated by metal. It was used to store static elecricity. Franklin became interested in lightning in the sky. Benjamin discoverd that lightning was a form of elecricity when he flew a kite fitted with a pointed wire during a thunder storm in one hand he held a silk thread attached to the kite, when lightning flashed he put his other hand near a metal key and observed a spark leaping across the gap witch showed that lightning was electricity this led to the invention of the lightning rod. Benjamin was not hurt during his experiment but the next 2 people who tried the experiment were both killed.

Benjamin franklin was also a politician, he travelled to Europe to explain the American point of view during the war of independence.After the war he helped to negotiate peace. Benjamin franklin died in 1790. hes work has inspired many other scientist ever since.

If i was a scientist i would work in zoology because i like animals, and marine biology because i love the ocean and i would like to be able to look after the oceans and both these areas of science are more funner and interesting to me and i also like physics.

the book-History makers of the scientific rovolution, by nina morgan
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