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kentuck

(111,069 posts) Tue Jul 21, 2015, 11:46 PM Jul 2015

Benjamin Franklin:

"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

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Benjamin Franklin: (Original Post) kentuck Jul 2015 OP

Oliver Cromwell DavidDvorkin Jul 2015 #1

Benjamin Franklin: pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #2

Benjamin Franklin was told about a warm water current in Malraiders Jul 2015 #3

DavidDvorkin

(19,473 posts)

1. Oliver Cromwell

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 12:09 AM

Jul 2015

Franklin was quoting him.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

2. Benjamin Franklin:

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 12:28 AM

Jul 2015

Malraiders

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3. Benjamin Franklin was told about a warm water current in

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 01:39 AM

Jul 2015

the Atlantic Ocean by his couisin who was a Whaling seafarer.

He meticulously recorded water temperatures on his many ocean voyages at different depths - along with his cousins help.

He charted the warm current on a map of the Atlantic Ocean and named the current "The Gulf Stream."

I just learned that today.

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