American Founding Father and polymath Benjamin Franklin invented a variety of useful things: a new stove for heating, rudimentary swimming fins, a better urinary catheter, a glass musical instrument ...

In his day, Benjamin Franklin was Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, Mark Zuckerberg, and Henry Ford, all rolled into one. Here’s a look at his most enduring innovations and inventions on January 17 ...

Franklin Stove Most 18th century homes were heated by fireplaces that were inefficient on many fronts. They used a lot of wood, lost a lot of heat, and posed the risk of sending sparks into mostly ...

American Founding Father and polymath Benjamin Franklin invented a variety of useful things: a new stove for heating, rudimentary swimming fins, a better urinary catheter, a glass musical instrument ...

In her new book, “The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution,” Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin reveals how this relatively modest invention prefigures the ascent of the United ...

The film explores the difference between a good reader and a creative reader, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking and questioning when reading. A good reader simply retains facts ...

For that was the day Benjamin Franklin is widely believed to have invented the type of stove that bears his name.

Among the wide-ranging inventions, discoveries and designs included are bifocals, electricity, swimming fins, the benefits of Vitamin C, the Pennsylvania Fireplace (later renamed the Franklin ...