Ingenuity is the quality of being clever, original. This definition must have been written with Benjamin Franklin in mind. Throughout his lifetime he invented many things, many of which are still used today. He made the lighting rod, stove, bifocal eyeglasses,(Block 42). His ingenuity helped build the foundation of the United States, which wouldn’t have been accomplished without Benjamin Franklin.
The first invention that showed ingenuity was the invention of the lightning rod. “The lighting rod was the result of a flash of genius that came to Franklin after years experimenting with electricity” (Block 40). “After Franklin learned about the success of the sentry-box experiment in France, he installed a tall, insulated rod on the roof of his …show more content…
“A catheter is a tube that can be inserted in a person for drainage, they are generally used with urinary tract or kidney problems” (Pavao 1). “The first Catheter was a hard metal tube” (Pavao 1). “He created a pain-free model by making a thin, flexible tube” (Pavao 1). “This tube could move as needed, in order to cause less pain” (Pavao 1). “Modern doctors still use the tube Franklin design” (Pavao 1).
The final one of his inventions that showed ingenuity is the Glass Harmonica. “The idea for the glass armonica was not some-thing he had dreamed up out of the blue” (Block 41). “During his stay in London, he heard a concert played on a musical glasses and was delighted by the sound they made” (Block 41). The glass armonica invention demonstrates Franklin used his powerful brain to create a wide variety of inventions that people still use today.
When you put all the inventions together you can tell that he was a man that changed the world with his intelligence. From the lighting rod to the improvement of the Catheter and the Glass armonica Franklin used his keen mind to develop and invent object that help the world today. Imagine if Franklin had never been born nothing would have been the
The first invention that showed ingenuity was the invention of the lightning rod. “The lighting rod was the result of a flash of genius that came to Franklin after years experimenting with electricity” (Block 40). “After Franklin learned about the success of the sentry-box experiment in France, he installed a tall, insulated rod on the roof of his …show more content…
“A catheter is a tube that can be inserted in a person for drainage, they are generally used with urinary tract or kidney problems” (Pavao 1). “The first Catheter was a hard metal tube” (Pavao 1). “He created a pain-free model by making a thin, flexible tube” (Pavao 1). “This tube could move as needed, in order to cause less pain” (Pavao 1). “Modern doctors still use the tube Franklin design” (Pavao 1).
The final one of his inventions that showed ingenuity is the Glass Harmonica. “The idea for the glass armonica was not some-thing he had dreamed up out of the blue” (Block 41). “During his stay in London, he heard a concert played on a musical glasses and was delighted by the sound they made” (Block 41). The glass armonica invention demonstrates Franklin used his powerful brain to create a wide variety of inventions that people still use today.
When you put all the inventions together you can tell that he was a man that changed the world with his intelligence. From the lighting rod to the improvement of the Catheter and the Glass armonica Franklin used his keen mind to develop and invent object that help the world today. Imagine if Franklin had never been born nothing would have been the