The glass harmonica’s bad reputation was entirely undeserved, though.
A glass armonica, originally invented by Benjamin Franklin and revived at a recent performance at the Park Avenue Armory (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) In 1761, Benjamin Franklin invented an ...
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 ...
Benjamin Franklin's entrepreneurial spirit fueled American innovation during his time and can still be felt today. In The Society for Useful Knowledge author Jonathan Lyons talk about how Franklin ...