Benjamin Franklin and His Times
- The Birth of Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin's First Publishings
- Benjamin Franklin the Newspaper Man
- Benjamin Franklin and Electricity
- Improvements to the City of Philadelphia
- Benjamin Franklin and the Post Office
- Benjamin Franklin as Statesman
- Benjamin Franklin's Final Years
The Impact of the Age of Invention on 18th Century Society
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
- Early History of Cotton
- Inventions That Shaped the History of Cotton
- Eli Whitney on His Life as an Inventor
- The Public Reaction to the Cotton Gin
- Eli Whitney's Patent Battle
- Licensing the Cotton Gin
- Licensing the Cotton Gin
- Cotton Gin's Effect on the Cotton Industry
Steam in Captivity
- James Watt
- Steamboats
- Robert Fulton
- First Voyage of Robert Fulton's Steamboat Clermont
- Oliver Evans & Steam-powered Cars
- Oliver Evans Fights for his Patent
- Canals Vs Railroads
- The First Steam-powered Locomotives
- Peter Cooper, The Stevens Brothers
The Textile Revolution
- Introduction: History of the Textile Industry
- Samuel Slater
- Francis Cabot Lowell
- The Sewing Machine
- Sewing Machine Patent Battles
- Ready Made Clothing Industry
The Agricultural Revolution
The Communication Revolution
- Introduction to the Communication Revolution
- Samuel Morse & The Telegraph
- Newspaper Presses
- Typewriters
- Phonograph
- Camera
- Motion Pictures
The Story of Rubber
The History of the Machine Shop
- Pioneers of the Machine Shop - John Stevens & Sons
- Eli Whitney - Standardization
- John Wilkinson - Boring Machine
- Samuel Colt & Other Gunmakers
The Fathers of Electricity
- The Dawn of Electrical Science
- The Work of Joseph Henry
- Electric Cars & Street Lights
- Thomas Edison
- Improved Stock Ticker, Lamps, and Dynamos
- Serving Alternating Current to the Public
- Storage Battery, Electric Furnace, Transformer, Electric Turbine
The Conquest of the Air - Flying Machines in America
Age of Invention - A Chronicle of Mechanical ConquestTable of Contents
By Mary Bellis, About.com Guide
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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