Letter to Mons. Dubourg : Answer to Some Inquiries Respecting the Art of Swimming. From: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
Author | : Benjamin Franklin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:83100716 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Letter to Mons. Dubourg : Answer to Some Inquiries Respecting the Art of Swimming. From: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ... written by Benjamin Franklin and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Franklin writes about various aspects of swimming. Among these are his having fashioned and used a kind of swim fin as a youth; various health benefits of swimming; the dangers of swimming in cold water when one is overheated; and having done a kind of kite surfing as a boy, wherein he had a kite pull him across a mile-wide pond. In all, Franklin writes, "the exercise of swimming is one of the most healthy and agreeable in the world."