Bill Hirst
March 16th, 2007, 02:10 PM
On hot days, John Quincy Adams was wont to employ one of Benjamin
Franklin's less known inventions: A treadle-operated circular fan.
Adams gave up the fan when journalists began calling him "Fancy (or
Fanny) Adams and saying the fan blew away his common sense.
-Bill (NAD - Non-believable and Dubious)
Franklin's less known inventions: A treadle-operated circular fan.
Adams gave up the fan when journalists began calling him "Fancy (or
Fanny) Adams and saying the fan blew away his common sense.
-Bill (NAD - Non-believable and Dubious)