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Eclipsing the occult in early America: Benjamin Franklin and his almanacs

  • Written by Carla J. Mulford, Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University
imageFranklin's lifelong quest was spreading scientific knowledge to regular people.Mason Chamberlin, CC BY

By the time he was 20 years old, colonial American Benjamin Franklin had already spent two years working as a printer in London. He returned to Philadelphia in 1726. During the sea voyage home, he kept a journal that included many of his...

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