Ben Franklin was a polymath (something we talked about here before- May 14, 2010) and invented a number of things. Here’s a few:
(1) at age 78, frustrated by his vision issues, he invented the bifocal.
(2) Of course, we all know he invented the Franklin stove- being made of iron, it burned wood more efficiently, thus saving fuel and the funds needed to buy it.
(3) He pointed out (and named) the Gulf Stream, that current circulating in/over the Atlantic that causes trips across to be longer in one direction than the other (and, yep, I can attest from first hand experience that this is true).
(4) the catheter- Yep. He did this to help his brother who had a kidney stone.
(5) Lightning rods
(6) The odometer when he was postmaster general- to learn the distances traveled to deliver the post.
I hope everyone has a blessed Easter season.
Jillian Chantal 
Can’t believe I forgot this yesterday. It was an unusual Friday. I was out of my routine. Had no idea about the catheter. You always have interesting stuff. thanks for making the rest of us smarter
By: Darlene on April 23, 2011
at 9:58 am
HAHAHA. Not so sure about smarter- maybe just more trivia to clog the noggin!!
By: Jillian Chantal on April 23, 2011
at 4:09 pm