In the eighteenth century, the scientist and politician Benjamin Franklin carried out work on electricity and lightning in particular, but he was also very interested in weather and studied it throughout most of his life.
These were built for the workers towards the end of the eighteenth century and they're still furnished from that period, so you can get a good idea of ordinary people's living conditions.
He carefully planned his research to make the most of his time. On February eighteenth, nineteen thirty, he discovered an unusual object after less than one year of searching.