Talk:Franklin Institute
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[edit] extraneous
I'm about to remove the extraneous "vikipedia" and also add mention of the Budd BB-1 in front of the museum. I'll see about uploading a picture as soon as I figure out how to do that, exactly. --Thisisbossi 04:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Question on the institute's origin
Is this the same organization as the Franklin Institute for the Betterment of Labour that was founded in 1824 by Matthias W. Baldwin (ref. [1])? slambo 15:21, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
- Two months later and still no answer. Is there anyone in Philadelphia who can go and find out for us? slambo 15:51, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] ANSWER
The Franklin Institute was founded in 1824 at The Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts by Samuel Vaughan Merrick and William H. Keating.PR Intern 14:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
The Institute's website gives no mention of Matthias Baldwin's organization; I emailed the Institute and was directed to this web page:
The History and Mission of The Franklin Institute Science Museum
- CobaltBlueTony 18:55, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks. Baldwin's organization must have been different, then. Now to see if I can find any more information on it... slambo 20:52, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia pages linking here
In the trivia section it mentions how many pages on wikipedia link to this article. Who cares? Why is this in the article? It seems all the more redundant now as the current count of pages directing here is 134, not over 250 as stated. --Tim (talk), (contribs) 17:56, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
- I removed it. It's irrelevant to the article, and I've never seen that sort of info mentioned in any article. Likely b/c something like that changes so much. Cheers! --Ebyabe 18:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Franklin Institute Chief Astronomer
Derek Pitts....thank you, where ever you are!
