Stephen Bleach (“Gaslighter: a trendy insult, but its value has been snuffed out”, Comment, last week) may find some additional illumination of the term in the history of gas lighting in an 1884 book by Samuel Smiles entitled Men of Invention and Industry. The idea of using gas to light the streets
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Benjamin Franklin, also called Ben Franklin, pseudonym Richard Saunders, (born January 17 [January 6, Old Style], 1706, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.] died April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat. One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He made important contributions to science, especially in the understanding of electricity, and is remembered for the wit, wisdom, and elegance of his writing. Franklin