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Descripción

1 online resource (viii, 120 pages) : illustrations

Bibliografía

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contenido

Swim paddles -- Pennsylvania fireplace -- Armonica -- Bifocals, the long arm and the Library Company of Philadelphia -- Printing press -- Paper money -- Poor Richard's almanac -- The gulf stream map -- Electricity and the lightning rod -- The Union Fire Company and the Pennsylvania hospital -- University of Pennsylvania, street improvements, and daylight savings time -- Postal service -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Constitution of the United Sates and the Treaty of Alliance.

Sumario

Presents the life of the statesman and inventor who played an influential role in the early history of the United States, along with instructions on building models of some of his inventions.

Nota

Print version record.

Materia

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Inventions -- Juvenile literature.

Inventors -- United States -- Biography.

Scientists -- United States -- Biography.

Inventors.

Scientists.

Handicraft.

JUVENILE NONFICTION -- History.

JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Technology -- Inventions.

Inventions.

Inventors.

Scientists.

United States.

Género/Forma

Biography.

Electronic books.

Juvenile works.

Otro formato:

Print version: Van Vleet, Carmella. Amazing Ben Franklin inventions you can build yourself. White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, ©2007 9780979226885 0979226880 (OCoLC)154667708

ISBN

9780979226892 (electronic bk.)

0979226899 (electronic bk.)

9781619301252 (electronic bk.)

1619301253 (electronic bk.)