Why do you think Robert was a selfish and irresponsible son in silver teapot
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Explanation:
"A Silver Teapot Must Have A Wooden Handle." Benjamin Franklin shared this observation with Cadwallader Colden, in December 1753, thus initiating a scientific investigation of a fact well known to silversmiths who made teapots of this sort, to wealthy women who poured tea from them, and to house maids who filled them with hot water. Colden responded with delight: "Your notion of some things conducting heat or cold better than others pleases me and I wish you would pursue the scent."
We do not know when Franklin first encountered silver teapots, but we do know that his interest in thermal conductivity meshed with his broader interest in heat.
When he went to London in 1724, he carried a small purse made of asbestos, a substance that, since antiquity, was known for its heat resistant properties.
This purse was bought by Hans Sloan, and is now in the British Museum. A few years later, Franklin urged Joseph Breintnal, an original member of the Philadelphia Junto, to look into the effect of heat on cloth of different colors.
The idea was to put bits of cloth onto a field of snow, and assume that the patch that sank the deepest had absorbed the most sunlight. In the early 1740s, Franklin unveiled his new energy-efficient stove.