Benjamin Franklin may have helped give birth to a new nation, but the glass armonica was the Founding Father's "most cherished creation," according to English professor Corey Mead. Best known as a ...

and referred to as a glass harmonica. They discovered that the instrument, also known as the armonica, had been invented by Benjamin Franklin, one of America's founding fathers. During his ...

In Austria, the glass armonica provided the music for a royal wedding. Mozart and Beethoven would compose chamber pieces for it. Benjamin Franklin is available to stream on pbs.org and the free ...

There is the sound of type being set on a printing press, of a glass harmonica, and of a recitation of itemized army supplies. In a word, the new Benjamin Franklin Museum is noisy. “Franklin was the ...

Some of Benjamin Franklin ... know that Franklin is responsible for the lightning rod, bifocal glasses, and the Franklin stove. In 1761, Franklin also invented the glass harmonica (or "armonica ...

Franklin invented bifocals, you know. And the glass harmonica. WHAT A F***ING GUY.” “‘Member how I said I once wrote some Decemberists-esque lyrics for a Ben Franklin tune, but never set ...

you have experienced the pure sound that inspired one of Benjamin Franklin's most fantastical creations, the glass armonica. Despite Franklin's lasting contributions to science and politics ...

A rotating horizontal spindle supporting graduated bowls that ring to the touch, the glass harmonica is the result of tinkering by none other than Benjamin Franklin, who modified it from earlier ...

Tuesday marked Benjamin ... t catch fire. Franklin was also a really great swimmer and he invented swim fins and paddles. He also dabbled in music with the invention of the glass harmonica.

For that was the day Benjamin Franklin is widely believed to have ... He's credited with MORE inventions as well, such as a glass harmonica -- called an "armonica." Parisian music man Jean-Claude ...