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Yale retains Calhoun College’s name, selects names for two new residential colleges, and changes title of 'master' in the residential colleges (Yale University)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
Two new residential colleges at Yale, opening in 2017, will be named for Pauli Murray, a Yale Law School alumna and ardent defender of civil rights, and Benjamin Franklin, a Yale honorary degree recipient, inventor, and statesman ... He invented the lightning rod, glass harmonica, Franklin stove, and bifocal glasses, and he made key scientific discoveries related to electricity, the wave theory of light, meteorology, and oceanography....

Dinniman Announces $ 1.6 Million in Conservation Funding (Andrew E Dinniman)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jan 2016
(Source. Andrew E Dinniman). WEST CHESTER (January 27) - State Senator Andy Dinniman announced today that five conservation and recreation projects in Chester County will receive more than $ 1.6 million in total grant funding through the Community Conservation Partnerships Program ... The preserve is expected to open to the public this late year ... It made the first Franklin stoves and supplied shot and cannon for the Revolutionary War....

Ben Franklin’s best inventions and innovations (National Constitution Center)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Jan 2016
In his day, Benjamin Franklin was Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, Mark Zuckerberg, and Henry Ford, all rolled into one ... Like the above-mentioned people, Franklin invented his own widely used devices, or found innovative ways to improve on other people's inventions ... The Franklin stove (1742) ... Franklin's stove gave homeowners a second option. The Franklin Stove, enclosed in iron, provided more heat with much less smoke, using much less wood....

One-Room Schoolhouse Re-Dedication Ceremony Set for Oct. 20 (Fairmont State University)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Oct 2015
(Source. Fairmont State University). The One-Room Schoolhouse, a Fairmont State University campus landmark, remains a visible symbol of the University's continued focus on teaching and learning ... Tuesday, Oct. 20. A reception will follow at the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center ... The Oct ... Other gifts include a Franklin stove, McGuffey's readers and spellers, Mitchell's geographies, Ray's arithmetics and other early textbooks....

On the Inventors' Trail

Edit About.com 02 Oct 2015
Photo ©; Hulton Archive / Getty Images • Benjamin Franklin. A true self-made man, Benjamin Franklin was a writer, scientist, businessman, postmaster, diplomat and, of course, inventor ... For example, he invented bifocal glasses because he had poor eyesight, and he developed the Franklin stove when he realized that heating a room with a wood fire in a fireplace is less efficient than using a free-standing, metal-lined stove....

Secretary Kerry Co-hosts a Lunch for Chinese President Xi Jinping Along With Vice President Joe ...

Edit Public Technologies 28 Sep 2015
Franklin - the reason I mention this is because Dr ... And one of his inventions, the Franklin stove, was actually based on Chinese ideas, which emphasizes that intellectual property was a hot issue way back then ... Franklin had a close connection with China ... And one of his inventions, the Franklin stove, was actually based on Chinese ideas, which emphasizes that intellectual property was a hot issue way back then....

Five Things You May Not Know About Benjamin Franklin

Edit The Inquisitr 05 Jul 2015
When Benjamin Franklin turned sixteen, he got a job as a printer’s apprentice ... He wasn’t pleased to find out it was his brother, and Franklin eventually left Boston for Philadelphia ... Most people are aware Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod, but his other inventions included a cast-iron stove known as the Franklin stove, swim fins, and a musical instrument called the glass armonica....

The Strategic & Economic Dialogue / Consultation on People-to-People Exchange -- Remarks at the Joint Banquet (US Department of State)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2015
(Source. US Department of State) SECRETARY LEW. Good evening, everyone. And on behalf of the U.S ... It's an honor for us to host you here today in our nation's capital ... We're delighted to welcome you to the Ben Franklin Room ... Ben Franklin was a very interesting fellow, folks, and his huge interest in China - he called it the wisest of nations ... And believe it or not, the Franklin stove was actually based on ideas about combustion from China....

Benjamin Franklin – The Self-Made American Scholar, Inventor And Revolutionist Must Be Celebrated

Edit The Inquisitr 13 Jun 2015
Benjamin Franklin played a significant role in the liberation of America, and in early American history. Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and he died in 1790 as a Statesman, author, Publisher, Inventor, Scientist and Diplomat ... Franklin was not ... He then developed the Franklin stove which provided more heat while using less fuel than other stoves....

Open Source Innovation: What's In and What's Out

Edit The Examiner 26 May 2015
Benjamin Franklin famously did not patent his lighting rod, his bifocals, his stove, and many other of his inventions because he thought that these ideas were simply too important not to share ... What started out as Franklin's invention became the world's collective creation. The hope is to take that Franklin stove or bifocals, do something new with them, and then distribute them to see what other people will create....

What's In and What's Out

Edit Huffington Post 26 May 2015
Benjamin Franklin famously did not patent his lighting rod, his bifocals, his stove, and many other of his inventions because he thought that these ideas were simply too important not to share ... What started out as Franklin's invention became the world's collective creation. The hope is to take that Franklin stove or bifocals, do something new with them, and then distribute them to see what other people will create....

Benjamin Franklin – More Than Just Clocks, Kites, And Keys

Edit The Inquisitr 12 Mar 2015
He also invented bifocals, the rocking chair, the first musical instrument in America, called the Glass Armonica (for which both Mozart and Beethoven composed music), the writing chair, the odometer, the Franklin stove, had a tree named after him (The Franklinia alatamaha), and, when working with electricity, invented words that we still use today, ......

Ben Franklin Coming To Central Methodist University (CMU - Central Methodist University)

Edit noodls 09 Mar 2015
Ben Franklin is visiting Central Methodist University on March 20 of this century ... He has been portraying Ben Franklin for 18 years nationwide to audiences ranging from adult to third graders ... Ben Franklin (1706-1790) is ... A noted scientist, he invented bifocal glasses, the Franklin stove, and the lightning rod, among many other creations....
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