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: : ....I need a list of Ben Franklin's Inventions please..... : GregRobin here. I just found this site, so hope the date (now 2004, Jan 1) is not too late. : Inventions (and things he improved), a partial list: : The Franklin Stove (he called it the delphia Stove, I think) : Political Cartoons : Lending libraries. : Many now common terms for things to do with electricity (current, positive, negative, charge, battery) : Insurance : Fire Companies : Street Cleaners : Daylight savings time (in theory) : an improved catheter : the Lightning Rod : Improved the Postal Service : Helped 'invent' the United States and its : Constitution. : Bi-focals, : Weather and Ocean Current theories still in use today : Watertight Bulkheads : The Odometer, : many civic societies and projects (hospitals, the university of Pennsylvania, support for women getting education and running businesses, franchising of businesses) : A phonetic language system (shortly abandoned afterwards) : A "long arm" for extending his reach : - these are some of his inventions and innovations. Good luck with your research. : GregRobin.

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