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the metal caught the lightning and he did not get eletrocuted
Franklin's experiment was merely to prove that lightning was electricity, not to prove that electricity existed. Hence, the name "Father of Electricity" is inaccurate. Electricity was known to exist at least a century before Benjamin Franklin conducted his kite experiment; various mechanisms for the manipulation, creation and storage of electricity had been invented, such as static electricity generators and Leyden jars.
Amazingly, nobody was electrocuted and Franklin became convinced and was able to convince scientists that lighting was a electrical discharge.
yes there is its called a picture book of Benjamin Franklin
Although Benjamin Franklin conducted an extensive research on electricity, he was not its inventor. Electricity can not be invented since it is a natural product. What he did prove was that lightning is a form of electricity.
If Benjamin Franklin actually conducted the experiment with a kite and twine, the electrical flow down the wet twine would probably have been too small to injure him.
He wanted to see if lightning and electricity were the same.
the metal caught the lightning and he did not get eletrocuted
Benjamin Franklin discovered this by flying a kite in an electrical storm. The wet string conducted electricity from the lightning down to Franklin. Do not try this at home kids because this is not a safe experiment to try. Dumb bitches.
Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm to prove lightning was electricity. He also was the dicoverer of bifocals and the Franklin stove. He was one of the Founding Fathers of America.
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod in 1749. He had speculated that lightning was a form of electricity, which was just beginning to be scientifically investigated at that time, and he confirmed that idea with his famous experiment of flying a kite with a key attached to it, in a thunder storm. He discovered that lightning it attracted to electrical conductors, and that it can be conducted safely into the ground, if conductors are correctly arranged.
Benjamin Franklin was the Father of Electricity. He did not invent it, but he did discover it. He simply did the kite and key experiment to find that lightning is just electricity.
His kite-in-a-lightning-storm experiment, and most likely after witnessing what happens to buildings that are struck by lightning.
Franklin's experiment was merely to prove that lightning was electricity, not to prove that electricity existed. Hence, the name "Father of Electricity" is inaccurate. Electricity was known to exist at least a century before Benjamin Franklin conducted his kite experiment; various mechanisms for the manipulation, creation and storage of electricity had been invented, such as static electricity generators and Leyden jars.
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod.
He proved lightning to be electrical energy with his famous kite experiment in 1752.
Because it included lightning, and lightning is very dangerous. It can cause death or severe injury.