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Benjamin Wilson

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Benjamin Wilson 1721-88, English portrait painter and electrician who opposed Benjamin Franklin's theory of positive and negative electricity. Instead, Wilson supported Newton's gravitational-optical ether, which he supposed to differ in density around bodies in accordance with their degrees of electrification. Wilson also opposed Franklin's theory of lightning rods, holding that blunt conductors performed better than pointed ones. His best experimental work was on the electrical properties of the tourmaline. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1751 and received its gold medal in 1760... Read more
Harrison, Benjamin
Benjamin Harrison Louis W. Koenig THE presidency of Benjamin Harrison attests that the office requires...ranking Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Wilson as the three outstanding presidents...though I were doing an injustice to Benjamin Harrison not to crowd him into the three...of history's ... Read more
Goodman, Benny (Benjamin) (David)
Goodman, Benny [Benjamin] (David) ( b Chicago, 1909; d NY, 1986). Amer. clarinettist and jazz...inaugurating the ‘swing era’. In 1935 formed a trio with Teddy Wilson (pf.) and Gene Krupa (drums), expanding it in 1936 to a quartet with... Read more

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