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  2. Odometer - Wikipedia

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    An odometer or odograph is an instrument used for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle, such as a bicycle or car. ... Benjamin Franklin, ...

  3. King's Highway (Charleston to Boston) - Wikipedia

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    As part of his duties, Franklin conducted inspections of the roads that were used for delivering mail as settlements along the coast increased. [11] One method of charging for mail service was by mileage, so Franklin invented an odometer to measure mileage more accurately. The King's Highway, as a result, morphed into the Post Road.

  4. Franklin Institute - Wikipedia

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    The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research ... and the odometer that Franklin used to measure the postal routes in ...

  5. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    Franklin opened the first post office to offer regular, monthly mail in Halifax on December 9, 1755. Meantime, Hunter became postal administrator in Williamsburg, Virginia, and oversaw areas south of Annapolis, Maryland. Franklin reorganized the service's accounting system and improved speed of delivery between Philadelphia, New York, and Boston.

  6. 1755 in science - Wikipedia

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    While serving as Postmaster General of the northern American colonies, Benjamin Franklin invents a simple odometer, attached to his horse carriage, to help analyze the best routes for delivering the mail. approx. date – Thomas Mudge invents the lever escapement for timepieces.

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  8. Tucker 48 - Wikipedia

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    A unique continuously variable transmission called the "Tuckermatic" was designed, which was strong enough to handle the Franklin O-335's power and torque. It was a simple but effective design with a single, rear-mounted torque converter and only 27 basic moving parts which was about 90 fewer than normally required for a contemporary automatic.

  9. Talk:Odometer - Wikipedia

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    Is it's odometer faulty or is the meaning not actually travelled? What about cars travelling 1000s of KMs from one city to another in Australia on the back of a car carrier? ZhuLien ( talk ) 12:40, 5 January 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.17.129.186 ( talk ) [ reply ]