Benjamin Franklin did not invent electricity, but he discovered how to harness its power for common use. Franklin's kite ...

Ben Franklin’s famous experiment with the kite and key gave him a better understanding of the nature of electricity. But did that event lead to the lightning rod? When Benjamin Franklin died in ...

Musk has called the inventor and public servant a hero. But Franklin had a different vision of serving the public.

The list of his inventions included: bifocals; the medical catheter; the odometer; the Franklin stove (a wood burning stove that made home heating safer); and, of course, the lightning rod.

In part because Benjamin Franklin had such a multifarious ... Munson emphasizes that Franklin’s well-known practical inventions—the lightning rod, bifocals, the so-called Franklin stove ...

The list of his inventions included: bifocals; the medical catheter; the odometer; the Franklin stove (a wood burning stove that made home heating safer); and, of course, the lightning rod.