File:BenFranklin Waterspout 1806.jpg

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Representation of waterspout accompanying "Water-spouts and Whirlwinds" by Benjamin Franklin.

Figure III represents the semimagic square Benjamin Franklin constructed in 1750 having magic constant 260.

Keywords: Waterspout, Benjamin Franklin, pen & ink drawing, historic drawing

Date

circa 1750

Source

Illustration from the "Water-spouts and Whirlwinds" by Benjamin Franklin
Paper republished in "The complete works in philosophy, politics, and morals, of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin ....", 1806. Volume II, p. 26. Library Call Number PS745 .A2 1806.
NOAA Photo Library: wea00342
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea00342.htm

Author



Alternative names	pseudonym: Silence Dogood; Ben Franklin; The First American; Franklin; Poor Richard
Description	-American author, statesman, politician, inventor and diplomat
Date of birth/death	17 January 1706	17 April 1790
Location of birth/death	Boston, Massachusetts	Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
Authority file	: Q34969 VIAF: 56609913 ISNI: 0000000121339941 ULAN: 500331804 LCCN: n79043402 NAID: 10580588 WorldCat

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