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   Hand paddle

   The hand paddle was invented by Benjamin Franklin in the 19th century .
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   List of Chinese inventions

   They also created large mechanical puppet theaters driven by waterwheels and carriage wheels and wine-serving automatons driven by paddle wheel boats. ... Western writers from Marco Polo (1254–1324), to Niccolò Da Conti (1395–1469), to Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) commented on bulkhead partitions, which they viewed as an original aspect of Chinese shipbuilding, as Western shipbuilding did not incorporate this hull arrangement until the early 19th century.
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   Diffusion of technology in Canada

   In 1755 a post office was opened in Halifax by Benjamin Franklin, the Post Master of the British colonies, as part of a trans-Atlantic mail service that he established between Falmouth, England and New York. ... Transportation, steam power: It was via the paddle-powered steam boat that steam power was first introduced to Canada.
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   List of United States inventions

   Its steam-powered engine drove either wooden wheels or a paddle wheel. ... Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, invented a coffee pot with a metal sieve to strain away the grounds.
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   Technological and industrial history of the United States

   Fulton's paddle steamer, The North River Steamboat (erroneously referred to as the Clermont), made its first trip from New York City north on the Hudson River to Albany on August 17, 1807. ... "Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790".
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   Franklin, Massachusetts

   It is a lovely 1904 building with granite and marble staircases, frescoed walls in the reading room and houses the original books donated by Benjamin Franklin.
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   Maritime history of the United Kingdom

   He had in prior years sought the acquaintance of Benjamin Franklin, who was a friend of Howe's sister, a popular lady in London society. ... In 1870 paddle tugs were being used to tow luggers and smacks to sea.
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   Swimfin

   Benjamin Franklin made a pair of early swimfins when he was a young boy living in Boston, Massachusetts near the Charles River; they were two thin pieces of wood, about the shape of an art palette, which allowed him to move faster than he usually did in the water. ... Paddle fins
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   LaVaughn Robinson

   After Robinson graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in Philadelphia, he served in the Army from 1945-1947. ... The exact origins of the paddle and roll is not certain.
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    Richard Hall Gower

    He saw that a combination of paddle wheels and spud wheels could take vessels over mud flats at various conditions of the tide. ... He gives credit to Dr Franklin (probably Benjamin Franklin) and a Mr Rumsay of Philadelphia for this idea and hoped that his little experiment would encourage others to pursue the notion.

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• List of Chinese inventions,
• Diffusion of technology in Canada,
• List of United States inventions,
• Technological and industrial history of the United States,
• Franklin, Massachusetts,
• Maritime history of the United Kingdom,
• Swimfin,
• LaVaughn Robinson,
• Richard Hall Gower