Benjamin Franklin, undistracted by politics, discovered not only the link between lightning and electricity, but probed the secrets of the Earth’s magnetic field as well. Decades ahead of his time in his understanding, he described inductive effects that would allow the new, copper-bottomed ships to sail over the edge of the world and return safely, opening up new horizons, literally.
– Franklin's Sea introduction
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