Ben Franklin INVENTOR Ben had poor vision and needed glasses to read. He figured 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, they are called bifocals. Ben was a postmaster he had to ...
The colonies" poor postal service disturbed him greatly. ... He set up the first city delivery system and dead-mail office. He sped up foreign mail deliveries by using the fastest packet ships available across the Atlantic Ocean. He hired more post riders and required couriers to ride both night and day in order to speed up domestic mail service. ...
In January 1706, a baby was born in Boston Massachusetts, who later became a great influence on the foundation of the Unites States of America. Son of the candle maker, the baby's name was Benjamin Franklin, who left numerous marks as a critical writer, speaker, practical politician as well as a ma...
