Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary Inventor

by Maria Mihalik Higgins

Book Overview

What do libraries, streetlights, and fire stations have in common? What about bifocal lenses and the odometer? Sayings like "haste makes waste?" Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents: a scientist who experimented with electricity; a diplomat who served as envoy to France and negotiated peace with Engl? a mapmaker, printer, and writer famous for his Poor Richard's Almanack. He signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140273283X
• ISBN13: 9781402732836
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher