Benjamin Franklin prepared an essay on the topic for the Royal Academy of Brussels in 1781 urging scientific study. In 1607, a group of Members of Parliament had written a ribald poem entitled The Parliament Fart, as a symbolic protest against the conservatism of the House of Lords and the king, James I.
benjamin franklin prepared an essay on the topic for the royal academy of brussels in 1781 urging scientific study in 1607 a group of members of parliament had written a ribald poem entitled the parliament fart as a symbolic protest against the conservatism of the house of lords and the king james i