Sedan Chair
Sedan Chair
From France, the ailing Franklin brought the first sedan chair seen in Philadelphia. In it he rode to the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall) for the 1787Constitution Convention.
18-century European sedan chair (similar to Franklin's)
This was in the Underground museum.
UNDERGROUND MUSEUM
Below the court is a museum filled with paintings, objects, and inventions associated with Benjamin Franklin. You will see a pretty reproduction of Franklin's Armonica, also called a glass harmonica, which consists of a set of graduated glass bowls on a rotating shaft that produce tones when a finger is pressed to the moistened rims. Mozart wrote a piece just for Franklin's new instrument. Other Franklin inventions you can see here include a Franklin stove and the swim fin (Franklin was, after all, a champion swimmer in his day). The main room has a phone bank where you can listen to testimonies about Franklin based on the words of Washington, Mozart, and D.H. Lawrence, among others. Enjoy the 18-minute film.
Sedan Chair
Sedan Chair
From France, the ailing Franklin brought the first sedan chair seen in Philadelphia. In it he rode to the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall) for the 1787Constitution Convention.
18-century European sedan chair (similar to Franklin's)
This was in the Underground museum.
UNDERGROUND MUSEUM
Below the court is a museum filled with paintings, objects, and inventions associated with Benjamin Franklin. You will see a pretty reproduction of Franklin's Armonica, also called a glass harmonica, which consists of a set of graduated glass bowls on a rotating shaft that produce tones when a finger is pressed to the moistened rims. Mozart wrote a piece just for Franklin's new instrument. Other Franklin inventions you can see here include a Franklin stove and the swim fin (Franklin was, after all, a champion swimmer in his day). The main room has a phone bank where you can listen to testimonies about Franklin based on the words of Washington, Mozart, and D.H. Lawrence, among others. Enjoy the 18-minute film.