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=**//__Robert La Salle__//**=

Robert La Salle was born on November 21, 1643 in France. His full name is Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle. At the age of 15 he was enrolled in the Jesuit novitiate. Two years later he took his vows, then, seven years after that he was asked to be released from the vows. He sailed to New France in 1666 and he settled in Ville Marie. Shortly after he was granted a piece of land. He became obsessed in finding a western route to the Pacific Ocean and China. His obsession would lead to his down fall. He was sent by King Louis XIV to travel south from Canada and sail the Mississippi River to reach the Gulf of Mexico. He wanted to explore the land and establish fur-trading posts. He claimed all of Mississippi River area and all of the rivers that branch out of it. He also explored much of the Great Lake area. Robert la Salle was a great man with many talents.

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__//**Ben Franklin Inventor**//__

Born on January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was an inventor of many creations. Some of them include the glass armonica and the reaching device, also known as the long arm. You may know the reaching device as a contraption with a button and claw. A glass armonica is a musical instrument. Some of his inventions we use in our everyday lives are the swim fins and bifocal glasses. Both of these items have been changed over the years. But, one of his most famous inventions is the lightning rod. Today, you will learn about three, the swim fins, bifocal glasses, and of course, the lightning rod.

Ben Franklin was known to swim. When he was young, he would take daily swim in the Thames River. He wanted to increase his speed in the water. So, when he was only eleven years old, he made his first invention, the swim fins. He took two oval planks and cut holes in the middle of them. Then, Ben would put his hand through the hole and grab the wood. They look like lily pad or an artist's paint pallet. There was also a piece of wood with a strap. Franklin put his foot through the strap and hoped right it the water.

Have you ever had to switch back and forth between reading glasses and distance glasses? Well, that is why Ben made the bifocal glasses. When he neared an old age, Franklin had trouble switching out his reading glasses and his distance glasses. He had an idea. "What if I can put reading glasses and long range glasses together." Ben thought. He cut the two glasses in half and put them together to make the bifocal glasses.

When you think about Benjamin Franklin, what do you recall? Maybe signing three of America's most important documents, or maybe him being a Philadelphia printer. I think right away of him inventing the lightning rod. Franklin recognized that tall objects attract lightning. He decided to make the lightning rod. Ben took a rod of iron and sharpened the tip until it was as sharp as a needle. He then attached it to the top of a house or building. He saved many lives. Franklin even saved his own house from an electrical fire.

Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He invented more than 8 different creations and was the first to use the words positive and negative to describe electricity. He founded the first library, the first liberal arts school, the first insurance company, and the first public hospital. He also suggested the idea of Daylight Savings. Franklin did many things that influence our every day life. Ben Franklin will always be known in the U.S.A.

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/inventions.htm http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/famous-inventors/10-ben-franklin-inventions3.htm http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_inquiring_little.html http://articles.mcall.com/2013-08-31/travel/mc-ben-franklin-accomplishments-0901-20130831_1_daylight-savings-time-discoveries-long-arm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightning by: Roslyan Schanzer