Archives for April 2013

About That Other National Bank

Today's second installment concludes Hamilton Establishes the United States Bank,the name of our selection from A History of the Bank of North

This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Why Did America Need a Central Bank?.IntroductionThrough the founding of

Today's installment concludes Benjamin Franklin Experiments With Electricity,the name of our selection from The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin;

We had for some time been of opinion that the electrical fire was not created by friction, but collected, being really an

Though the English have not been backward in acknowledging the great merit of this philosopher, he has had the singular good-fortune to be, perhaps,

Besides these great principles Franklin's letters on electricity contain a number of facts and hints which have contributed greatly toward reducing

Introducing Franklin and the Kite,serialized in five easy 5 minute installments.Benjamin Franklin made two important discoveries in electricity:

Today's installment concludes Germanicus in Germany,our selection from Annals by Tacitus published in 117 AD. For works benefiting from the latest

Behind the enemy was the morass, behind the Romans the mountains or the river; no room for either to retreat, no hope but in valor, no safety but in