Franklin the thinker and inventor of the kite electricity age
The article extols Benjamin Franklin for refusing patents and giving inventions freely to mankind. It recounts his early experiments including swimming paddles and a kite to draw lightning, notes his stove drafts essay, and details the 1748 shift to research and electricity work with his son William assisting in the famous kite experiment.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Hame
Europe
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Hint
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France
Andranklin
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Philadelphia
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William
Wiliam Franklin
Benjamin Franklin the Immortal Scholar and Inventor
A compact tribute frames Franklin as a genius who faced patronage and poverty, highlighting his electric science, ship improvements, and the lightning rod craze. It notes his education of a boy who became New Jersey governor, his European honor, and the era’s royal curiosity, ending with a playful poem about conductors.
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Europe
New Jersey
Benjamin Franklin
Royal Society
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Yale
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Ano
Desert Land Final Proof Notice for Alfred Lewis
Alfred Lewis of Dell Beaverhead County Montana filed to prove desert land claim No 8210 for the SE NEM Sec 7 SW1 NW and Wy SW Sec 8 Twp 12 S R9 W M M before Clerk F A Hazel baker in Dillon Montana on February 24 1906 Witnesses include Henry Lewis Harry Smailhorn Lindon Rembaugh and Arby Beardslee to prove irrigation and reclamation Frank D Mirace Register and date January 12 1906 Helena Montana United States Land Office.
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United States Land Office
Helena
Mont
Alfred Lewis
Dell
Beaverhead County
Montana
F.A. Hazelbaker
William Sweeney
Meadow and
Rock Creek
Sheep Creek Basin
Register
U.S. Land Office
Edgar W. Kenison
Ernest I. Harkness
Earl Rogers
Patrick M. Sweeney
Frank D. Miracle
Notice of U S Patent Application Mining Claims Montana
Notice announces patent applications by Silver Isssue Mining Company Dillon Beaverhead County Montana for three lode claims Dakota Ohio and Vermont in Lost Claus District. Descriptions include claim boundaries surfaces six hundred feet wide, discovery shaft centers, and measured acreage with official plats and field notes on file. Public notice to adverse claimants with sixty day deadline.
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U.S. Land Office
Helena
Montana
Silver ‘Issure Ming Company
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Lost Claus
Discovery Shaft
Ohio Lode
Vermont Lode
the Register of the Land Office
Notice of intention to prove desert-land claim No 5799
Annie Kellum of Lima Montana has filed intent to make proof for desert land claim No 5799 in El 4 Sec 31 Twp 13S Rg 8 W before the U S Land Office in Helena on Wednesday February 14 1906. Witnesses named: Henry Gleed Charles Truax Alonzo Hungate Alva Kellum all of Lima Montana Frank D Merrace Register.
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United States Land Office
Helena
Mont
Annie Kellum
Lima
Montana
Register and Receiver
U. S. Land Office
Henry Gleed
Charles $.Truax
Alonzo Hungate
Alva T. Kellum
Frank D. Mrracce
Register
Notice of Final Proof for Bart Hungate in Montana
Notice is given that Bart Hungate of Lima Montana has filed for final proof to support his claim E4YSW14 Sec 26 and MGNW Sec 35 Tp 13 S R 9 W. Proof will be before A S Johnson U S Commissioner in Dillon Montana on January 24 1906. Contestants names Mitchell Martinell William C Patterson Frank A Garr James W Patterson of Dell. Frank D Miracre Register.
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Department of the Interior
Helena
Montana
Johnson
U.S
Dillon
Bart Hungate
Lima
Mitchell
Martinell
William C. Patterson
Frank A. Garr
James W. Patterson
Dell
Frank D. Miracre
Register
Desert Land Notice of Intention to Make Proof
Desert land claimants W Frank B Williams and Noah R Tash intend to prove irrigation and reclamation before United States Commissioner A S Johnson in Dillon Montana on January 24 1906. Witnesses John Romain Edward Lloyd George M Tash J Cooper Harrison Amede Bessette of Bannack and John Lenkersdorfer of Dillon named.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Consolidated
Helena
Montana
A. S. Johnson
United States
Dillon
W. Frank B. Williams
W. N . Noah R. Tash
George Nichols
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