Benjamin Franklin: American Inventor. Benjamin Franklin: An American Genius. Benjamin franklin's inventions. Benjamin Franklin: an American life. Benjamin Franklin: his autobiography ... S Guide: Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin. SPECTRUM Biographies - Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin Researcher: Rachel Sahlman Artist: Dick Strandberg Benjamin Franklin, born January 17, 1706, was the 10th son, and 15th child, of 17 children in the Josiah Franklin family.
Josiah was a soap and candlemaker, who lived in Boston, Massachusetts with his second wife, Abiah Folger. Benjamin Franklin and His Inventions. A list of Benjamin Franklin's inventions reveals a man of many talents and interests.
It was the scientist in Ben that brought out the inventor. His natural curiosity about things and the way they work made him try to find ways to make them work better. Ben had poor vision and needed glasses to read. He got tired of constantly taking them off and putting them back on, so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of spectacles cut in half and put half of each lens in a single frame.