He proved lightning to be electrical energy with his famous kite experiment in 1752.
it came about when Benjamin Franklin wanted to prove that lightning is electricity
Benjamin FRanklin
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was the first person to prove that lightning is a form of electricity.
Benjamin Franklin
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 did not discover electricity when his kite was struck by lightning in 1752. In fact, electricity was already well known at the time. Instead, Franklin was trying to prove the electrical nature of lightning. He discovered lightning was electricity and that electricity was found naturally in nature. For more information visit http://learn.fi.edu/franklin/scientst/electric.html
Benjamin Franklin was the first person to prove that lightning is a form of electricity.
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.
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.
Many, many, many things. He is most famous for discovering electricity and inventing bifocals, the Franklin stove, and the lightning rod.
he had a good schooling but he dropped out of school in high school and tought himself how to stuff like swimming and he built a lightning rod to prove that electricity was real.