Benjamin Franklin:

Discover some Drug wholesome & not disagreeable, to be mix'd with our common Food, or Sauces, that shall render the natural Discharges of Wind from our Bodies, not only inoffensive, but agreable as Perfumes.

— Benjamin Franklin Early Modern

Electricity experiments, founding father

Context

From 'A Letter to a Royal Academy' (also known as 'Fart Proudly')

Date / Period

c. 1781

Source

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Explanation

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Method

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