1752
On a June day in 1752.
Benjamen Franlin
The kite experiment (whether or not actually conducted as designed) demonstrates that lightning is a form of electricity. The kite will conduct a static charge from the clouds to the ground, the same electromagnetic properties displayed by rubbing fur on amber, or rotating a magnet within a coil. Michael Faraday, born a year after Franklin's death, pioneered the science of electrical generation.
When a storm cloud passed over Franklin's kite the negative charges in the cloud leaked onto his kite, his kite string, his key, and a Leyden jar attached to the key by a thin metal wire. Franklin however, was unaffected by the negative charges because he was holding a dry silk string which insulated him from the charges on the key. When Franklin reached out his knuckle to touch the key he received a shock, because the negative charges in the key were so strongly attracted to the positive charges in his body that a spark jumped from the key to his hand. Franklin's experiment successfully showed that lightning was actually static electricity.
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"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini was published in 2003.
Benjamin Franklin is famous for his kite experiment, which proved that lightning is an electrical phenomenon. When the negative charges in the key came in contact with the positive charges in his body, a spark jumped from the key to his hand, thus proving that lightning is a form of static electricity.
Electricity wasn't invented it was discovered. Benjamin Franklin supposedly attached a key to a kite and sent it into a thunderstorm. This possibly occurred sometime in the 18th century. However Thomas Edison invented the Lightbulb in 1879.
Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG)had its IPO in 2004.
A Matakari is a type of kite. A Matakari kite is a kite that is very large. They kites had connections between heaven and earth, and were often flown at the Matakari event that is held every year.
The last year for Franklin halves was 1963.