In the world . He went to New York, but not finding any work there, went to Philadelphia. He arrived there dirty and hungry.

Franklin began working in a printing shop in Philadelphia, but by 1729 he became the owner of a popular newspaper.

Franklin was greatly interested in electricity and is famous for flying a kite during a thunderstorm: thus he proved the connection of lightning with electricity. This was one of the many investigations, which won Franklin

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recognition as a scientist.

In Philadelphia Franklin founded⁹the first public library in America. Franklin served his country¹⁰as a statesman and as a diplomat. Benjamin Franklin died in 1790 when he was eighty-four years old.

Notes

Statesman - державний діяч;

²scientist -вчений;

was bom ⁴to leave school

⁵to get along well with somebody⁶at the age of 17

⁷to make one's own way in the world

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investigations which won recognition ⁹to found

¹⁰to serve one's country

• народився;

• закінчив школу;

• бути в гарних стосунках, ладити з ким-небудь;

• у віці 17 років;

• зробити кар’єру, завоювати повагу у суспільстві, отримати визнання;

• дослідження, які принесли визнання, славу;

• заснувати;

• служити своїй країні.

D. I. Mendeleyev

D. I. Mendeleyev, the great Russian scientist, was born in Tobolsk in 1834. After finishing school at the age of 16 he went to St. Petersburg and entered the Pedagogical Institute. He graduated from the Institute in 1855. In 1866 Mendeleyev was appointed professor at the University where he gave a course of lectures on chemistry. His lectures were always listened to with great interest and attention. Even in a class of two hundred students everyone was able to follow his discussions from the beginning to the end.