Benjamin Franklin(1706-1790)
• "Nothing but money is sweeter
than
honey."
Franklin's
portrait,
withFranklin
lightning
is to
wrote that. But for him, money
wasflashing
merely inside,
a means
surrounded
by the words:
an end. At age 42, he retired
from business,
a rich man,
"scientist, citizen, inventor,
to devote himself to public
scientific
writer,causes
soldier, and
diplomat,
experiments, library, a fire
insurance
organization,
leader,
statesman,
printer, a
night watch, a city hospital,
a city To
college,
(the
future
essayist"
the right
is his
famous quote
the 1776
University of Pennsylvania),
and atthe
American
of Independence
Philosophical Society, Declaration
which still
meets in
meeting, "Gentlemen, we
Independence Hall.
must now all hang together,
or we shall most assuredly
hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment
• When Franklin published his findings, they created a
sensation. He became known as “The Newton of
Electricity.” But the pure scientist was also an inventor of
useful things, among them: bifocals, the Franklin stove,
the lightning rod, the copying press, and a device, believe
it or not, for electrocuting(电刑) turkeys.
Some Sample Maxims
from Poor Richard's Almanac by Benjamin Franklin
 Drive thy Business, or
it will drive thee
 He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals
 Where there's Marriage without Love, there will be
Love without Marriage.
 Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar(粗俗).
 Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
 Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for
that's the stuff life is made of.
 A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
 When befriended, remember it. When you befriend, forget it.
 Light-heel'd mothers make leaden-heel'd
daughters.
 A sleeping fox catches no poultry(家禽).
 No gains without pains.
A Versatile Person, Franklin Was Also an
Inventor of Franklin Stove and Bifocals
• Here is a
Franklin stove,
also known as
the
circulating(循
环, 流通)
stove.
Bifocals
• Bifocals are eyeglasses that have corrective lenses
containing two different lens powers.
A person wearing two different styles
of cosmetic(化妆) contact lenses,
which may owe a lot to B. Franklin
Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment
The End