Franklin Anniversary
MAY 01, 1956
DOI: 10.1063/1.3059959
THE year 1956 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, a self‐taught man of letters who by inclination was a scientist and philosopher and by popular demand a statesman and diplomat. The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia has appropriately taken the lead in organizing this year‐long tribute to Franklin and has developed a truly impressive commemorative program of special events in his memory. A host of other organizations and institutions, scientific and otherwise, in the United States and abroad have cooperated in celebrating the anniversary.
© 1956. American Institute of Physics
