Benjamin Franklin's Life And Accomplishments

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. Franklin had sixteen siblings; he was the fifteenth child, and the last son. Franklin attended Latin school until the age of ten years old. At age ten, Franklin was required to begin apprenticing his dad in the candle making business. At the age of twelve however, Franklin began working as an apprentice in his brother James’s print shop. “Ben abandoned his apprenticeship shortly afterward, escaping to New York, but settling in Philadelphia, which was his home base for the rest of his life” (Biography.com Editors). Although Franklin did not reach his initial destination, he still managed to become a very successful printer, scientist, and inventor.
Franklin had many jobs in his adult years. Franklin’s first job was as a printer, therefore Franklin commissioned to Europe in hopes of buying supplies for a new print house. “Through hard work and frugality he bought his fare back to Philadelphia in 1732 and set up shop as a printer” (Kindig). Franklin’s next job was appointed …show more content…
Some of his more major inventions include the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, and the glass harmonica. The lightning rod is a metal pole attached to the top of an elevated structure in order to carry the energy into the ground safely. People today still use lightning rods typically, the rod is attached to the top of a house in order to protect the house in the event of a storm. The Franklin stove had an inverted siphon, which drew fumes into the stove. Bifocals are glasses with two optical powers, bifocals are prescribed to people with presbyopia who require a correction for myopia, hyperopia, or an astigmatism. The glass harmonica. The glass harmonica is a musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or jars to create sound. Franklin also invented other things, but these are some of his most famous