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gizmo_the_mogwai [7]
3 years ago
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Why did benjamin franklin know about the ocean current pattern in the north atlantic?

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ddd [48]3 years ago
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As a deputy postmaster, he became interested in the North Altlantic Ocean circulation patterns. While in England, Franklin heard a question about why it took mail longer to reach than RI. He then asked his cousin who told him that merchant ships routinely avouded a strong eastbound mid-ocean current while the mail packets captain sailed dead into it, fighting an adverse current. 
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