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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Benjamin Franklin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Franklin was a member of the Freemasons, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and became a Corresponding Member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (now Royal Society of Arts).
		Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin was born at Ecton, Northamptonshire, England on December 23, 1657, the son of Thomas Franklin, a flsmith and farmer, and Jane White.
		Franklin's experiment was not written up until Joseph Priestley's 1767 History and Present Status of Electricity; the evidence shows that Franklin was insulated (not in a conducting path, as he would have been in danger of electrocution in the event of a lightning strike).
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Benjamin_Franklin (8601 words)

	ipedia.com: Benjamin Franklin Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Franklin promoted this theory through the famous, though extremely dangerous, experiment of flying a kite during a lightning storm June 15th 1752.
		Franklin, in his writings, displays that he was cognizant of the dangers and alternative ways to demonstrate that lightning was electrical, as shown by his invention of the lightning rod, an application of the use of electrical ground.
		Benjamin Franklin is one of the main characters of Gregory Keyes' Age of Unreason trilogy.
	www.ipedia.com /benjamin_franklin.html (2245 words)

	Free Essays on Ben Franklin
		Franklin led the Junto in founding a library (1731), fire company (1736), learned society (1743), college (later the University of Pennsylvania, 1749), and an insurance company and a hospital (1751).
		Franklin's final public pronouncements urged ratification of the Constitution and approved the inauguration of the new federal government under his admired friend George Washington.
		Franklin, hailed as an outstanding contributor in the fields of science, politics, and literature, was also renowned for his witty tongue and humorous perspective on life (#4).
	www.123student.com /5297.htm (1542 words)

	Professors World Peace Academy » Happy 300th Birthday Benjamin Franklin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Franklin was a great promoter of religious toleration and worked to create a city, and later a national culture, where people of all religious and cultural backgrounds could live together in harmony.
		Franklin, while personally agreeing that many of the miracles in the Bible were unbelievable, argued that the moral teachings in the Bible were the highest teachings known, and to undermine them without providing a better replacement would ruin personal character and destroy society.
		Franklin remained in France until 1785, and was such a favorite of French society that it became fashionable for wealthy French families to decorate their parlors with a painting of him.
	www.pwpa.org /pwpa/index.php?itemid=25 (5768 words)

	United States Resources: Ohio
		WACO Historical Society, Troy, Ohio - Preserves the history of early aviation and that of the city of Troy and the State of Ohio
		KYOWVA Genealogical Society Lawrence and Boyd Counties, Kentucky; Lawrence and Gallia Counties, Ohio; Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, and Mason Counties, West Virginia
		Seneca County Genealogical Society A Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
	www.rootsweb.com /roots-l/USA/oh.html (859 words)

	IIGS(TM) Library - Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Auglaize County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
		Brown County Genealogical Society used to be located at http://www.zoomnet.net/~sllewis/ohbrown_/brsoclst.html.
		Champaign County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
	www.iigs.org /library/shelves/NAmerica/usa/oh.htm (434 words)

	National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Familiar Trees : East (The Audubon Society Pocket Guides) by Jerry Franklin - ...
		Illustrations from the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library...
		released 01 September, 2001 This new volume, written by distinguished clematis experts and backed by the authority of the British Clematis Society, is the first picture...
		National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region (National Audubon Society Field Guide Series)
	www.cambiumgardening.com /books/flowers/0394748514 (2115 words)

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