in his critical edition of Franklin’s own long out-of-print “Experiments and Observations on Electricity,” and again in 1990 in a collection of essays, “Benjamin Franklin’s Science.” ...

In 1748, Benjamin Franklin invented what he called the electric wheel. This is usually cited as the first electrostatic motor and sometimes as the first electric motor, depending on your definition.

A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its ...

Around 1748 Franklin began his electricity research ... Of the "Founding Fathers," Benjamin Franklin alone signed the three pivotal documents associated with the nation's birth: the Declaration ...

At the beginning, electricity was a game ... but they allowed him to say things that he couldn’t say as Benjamin Franklin. He would simply put the words into someone else’s mouth and he ...