A speakerphone is a device that uses a microphone and a loudspeaker simultaneously so a person(s) can communicate with others without using a headset or a handheld unit.
His scientific renown earned him honorary degrees from Yale and Harvard in 1753 and from William and Mary in 1756. In 1754 Franklin was selected to represent Pennsylvania at the Albany Congress, called to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War.
But Ben did not think he was ready. While he was gone, she married another man. Upon returning to Philadelphia, Franklin tried his hand at helping to run a shop, but soon went back to being a printer's helper. Franklin was a better printer than the man he was working for, so he borrowed some money and set himself up in the printing business. Franklin seemed to work all the time, and the citizens of Philadelphia began to notice the diligent young businessman.