benjamin+franklin

Along with contributing to the science world, he was also one of the leading founding fathers of the United States of America. Franklin said that electricity is a conserved substance, and which may be either "positive" (in excess) or "negative" (deficient) in a body. The electrical fluid or "fire" repels itself and is attracted to the substratum of "common matter." Benjamin Franklin performed the biggest mistake in physics (see above). //[Teleri Gee]// http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96jan/franklin.html http://www.aip.org/history/gap/Franklin/Franklin.html http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/personal_pages/bob_m/
 * Benjamin Franklin** was the the first American physicist. He characterized two kinds of electric charge, which he named "positive'' and "negative."