Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 23
pon the Declaration of Inde-pendence ; and that in 1782 he had the supremesatisfaction of signing at Paris the treaty ofpeace with England by which the independenceof the Colonies was assured. That he died fullof honors at Philadelphia in April, 1790, and thatCongress, as a testimonv of the… … Franklins Birthplace, Boston. Benjamin Franklin to^ rank at the head of American inventors was, of course, the identifi-cation of lightning with electricity, and his sug-gestion of metallic conductors so arranged asto render the discharge from the clouds a harm-less one. In order to appreciate the…
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