TechStuff Tidbits: Ben Franklin and the Glass Armonica
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4.3 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Only Benjamin Franklin would listen to a musician playing wine glasses and think "I bet I could use technology to make this easier." And he did by inventing the Glass Armonica, an instrument that gained a peculiar reputation for producing ethereal music and . . . health problems?
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