Benjamin Banneker In “Benjamin Banneker” Benjamin accomplished many things in his life. Some of his accomplishments include that he built a clock using a pocket knife and wood, he predicted a solar eclipse, and he wrote his own almanac. He accomplished many other things, but these are the main three. To begin, Benjamin took apart his friend's watch to help him make the first clock in America using only a pocket knife and a piece of wood. In paragraph 3, it says,” he created a watch entirely from carved pieces of wood. Painstakingly using only a pocket knife and wood.” This is important because it was the first clock made in America and he did it only using two materials. He also predicted a solar eclipse, and it was accurate. In paragraph 4 it states that he accurately corrected a solar eclipse in 1789. This is important because it is the prediction that brought even more notoriety to him because the only people to do that are mathematicians and astronomers. …show more content…
Paragraph 5 states that he published his first almanac in the 1790s and it was called the Pennsylvania,Delaware,Maryland,and Virginia Almanac and Ephemeris. This is important because he began to make astronomical calculations for Almanacs in 1733 which were frequently used by farmers and 20 years later he published his very own Almanac. In conclusion, Benjamin Banneker was a very smart person who accomplished many different things. He made the first clock in America, he predicted a solar eclipse, and he published his own Almanac. These accomplishments made some people's lives better. Benjamin Banneker In “Benjamin Banneker” Benjamin accomplished many things in his life. Some of his accomplishments include that he built a clock using a pocket knife and wood, he predicted a solar eclipse, and he wrote his own almanac. He accomplished many other things, but these are the main