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I am sure that Benjamin Franklin would have liked seeing Ginger Zee explain this puzzle. When Franklin set out to document the lunar eclipse of November 2, 1743 (Julian Calendar October 21, 1743) in Philadelphia the storm was so bad that he could not see anything. Rather than cherry pick his observations and being the social butterfly he was, had had asked many other people to observe this event from their hometowns. One of these observers was his brother in Boston who strangely to Ben Franklin could see the eclipse even though a Nor'easter was blowing down from the Nor'east. From Boston to Philadelphia. Applying Occam's Razor, Franklin surmised that wind directions must change from on the ground to higher up. The Nor'easter could not muffle Franklin's enthusiasm about making another scientific discovery even if it had expelled his chance of seeing the November 2, 1743 lunar eclipse. TCFAQ J6) What are some important dates in the history of hurricanes The Gregorian Calendar—History | Infoplease.com The Weather Doctor Almanac 2003
Ben Franklin was very democratic in outlook and had been intrigued with idea of founding a college to meet the needs of ordinary male youth rather than that of rich youth who got into the religiously affiliated elite schools of New England-- Harvard, Yale, William and Mary, and Princeton. Even if these youth had pimples and ascribed to be rich, they could learn the 13 virtues championed by Benjamin Franklin.http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/0...-life-wrap-up/ Franklin also wanted the youth to have sound bodies along with their sound minds. http://www.upenn.edu/about/founder.php http://www.archives.upenn.edu/primdo...proposals.html The Academy he founded opened in January of 1751 blazed a trail of academic and sports excellence especially after it took on the name of the University of Pennsylvania around 1791. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Qu...9;s_basketball Penn sports teams have taken juicy bites out of the hopes of other NCAA sports teams during their attempts to win championships.