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Ben Franklin was a very important man he was an inventor, a scientist, and a founding father he invented things like the glass harmonica, lightning rod and bifocal. His inventions changed the world. He also made many public services like hospitals, libraries and colleges. he also became wealthy publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette and the Poor Richard's Almanack.As you can see Ben Franklin was an important man. I will be talking about a few of his inventions.

The glass harmonica also known as the bowl organ is an instrument that uses glass bowls or goblets to make noise. To play it you need to wet your fingers and rub them across the glass. Ben Franklin got the idea when he went to a concert with "musical glasses"where amateur musicians filled glass bowls with water and rubbed their fingers on the.

The Lightning rod is an invention of Ben Franklin that protects houses from burning due to lighting shocks.When lightning hits a building the lighting hits the rod and they are connected to a wire that sends the shock to the ground.

Bifocals are glasses with two sides one for far sight and one for reading. Bifocals are for people who have a problem with their eyes called presbyopia Ben Franklin suffered it as well. He made the first bifocals by asking a glass maker to cut two different glasses in half and then put them back together.

As you can see Ben Franklin was an influential man Because of all his inventions, his brilliant mind,all his contributions to science, being a founding father, and his services. We will forever remember him as a humorous, innovative, and an intelligent man.

Bibliographies: http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/inventions.htm Benjamin Franklin By: Lucia Raatma https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

Eesh Trivedi Louis Jolliet Louis Jolliet was an explorer who explored parts of Canada Illinois and the upper Mississippi River,

On September 21 ,1645 at Quebec, New France an explorer named Louis Jolliet was born. His early plans were to become a priest. He Was a skilled harpsichordist ,went to a Jesuit school and became a priethodest. later on he changed his plans and became a fur trader. In 1673 he embarked on a journey with Jaques Marquette along what the Native Americans called the "Mesipi" river and what is now known as the Mississippi river. He came upon a native village in Illinois and he built a trading post between the Wisconsin river and the great lakes. he almost traveled all the way down the Mississippi river but stopped 435 miles away from the Mississippi river delta because he saw native Americans armed with European guns and other European goods from previous Spanish missions.Later on in his life he married Claire Byysot a Canadian born woman like jolliet himself. Louis Joillet was was last seen on may 1700.

http://www.biography.com/people/louis-joliet-20973103

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