Benjamin Franklin has influenced American technology, and indirectly, lifestyles by using

his proficiencies and intelligence to conduct numerous experiments, arrive at theories, and

produce several inventions. Franklin's scientific and analytical mind enabled him to

generate many long lasting achievements which contributed to the development and

refinement of modern technology. Few national heroes, including George Washington and

Thomas Jefferson, played a more significant role in shaping the American way of life than

Franklin. According to Fowler, "He personified the ideal of the self-made man, and his rise

from obscurity to eminence exemplified the American dream". Looby adds, "The study of

Franklin's image for the past two centuries shows that his legacy had a distinctive place in

American culture". It has been felt by many people over the years that there was no United

States inventor as great as Franklin until the time of Thomas A. Edison. Franklin's words

to a friend in Pennsylvania, Joseph Huey, best explain his attitude not only toward what he

considered his civic duties, but also his investigations as a scientist or philosopher. He

copying press, a musical instrument called the armonica, a rocking chair that fanned itself

chimney and out. The fireplace also featured a damper that can close the chimney off and

flue spread heat by circulating it into the room rather than simply sending it up the

to other scientists, Franklin wrote about his observations of everyday phenomena. Clark

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