Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin's inventions describes a man of many talents and interests. It was the scientist that brought out the inventor. His natural curiosity about things and the way they work made him try to find ways to make them work even better. Ben had bad vision and needed glasses to read. He got tired of always taking them off and on, so he figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of spectacles cut in half and put half of each lens in a single frame. Today, we call them bifocals. Another important thing, Everyone knows the story of hiss famous kite flight but, Ben did not "invent" electricity. He did invent the lightning rod which protected buildings and ships from lightning damage. In his old age ben had retired so he wanted to read at time but being old made him difficult to reach books from the high shelves. So, he invented a tool called a long arm to reach the high books. The long arm was a long wooden pole with a claw at the end. Are these and many other inventions that made Benjamin franklin the genius that he was, and the great person we will always remember.