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He was not electrocuted by his lightning experiment (although the next person to attempt it died), but rather when trying to kill a turkey. He was doing an experiment at a dinner party to electrocute a turkey so as to not only kill it quickly but also to make the bird tender (muscles relax with such a shock). The experiment failed and Franklin was electrocuted. Of course, it did not kill him. He did this experiment in 1750 - 40 years before his death.
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When was Benjamin Franklin electrocuted?
when he flew a kite in a lightning storm.
How did Benjamin Franklin not get electrocuted in his experiment?
the metal caught the lightning and he did not get eletrocuted
What was the result of Benjamin Franklin kite and lightning experiment?
Amazingly, nobody was electrocuted and Franklin became convinced and was able to convince scientists that lighting was a electrical discharge.
What did they do to Claus von Stauffenberg to kill him?
He tried to kill Hitler, the leader of the Nazis. When he was caught I believe he was either electrocuted or hung. Actually, von Stauffenberg wasn't electrocuted or hung - he was executed by firing sqaud the day after the July 20 1944 assassination attempt mentioned above.
Who led the Americans' negotiations with France?
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
When was Benjamin Franklin electrocuted?
when he flew a kite in a lightning storm.
How did Benjamin Franklin not get electrocuted in his experiment?
the metal caught the lightning and he did not get eletrocuted
How did Benjamin Franklin risk his life for his country?
He almost got electrocuted when he was crazy enough to fly a kite with a key on it in a lightning storm
How did Benjamin Franklin discovered between lightning and electricity?
Ben Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm and was electrocuted through the wires in the kite.
What was the result of Benjamin Franklin kite and lightning experiment?
Amazingly, nobody was electrocuted and Franklin became convinced and was able to convince scientists that lighting was a electrical discharge.
When was the First recorded accidental electrocution?
Russian Professor Georg Wilhelm Richmann was electrocuted in St. Petersburg in 1753 while trying to duplicate Benjamin Franklin's experiments with ball lightning.
Whats the difference between electric shock and electrocuted?
Electric shock is to electrocuted as burned is to cremated. Electric shock is the same as electrocuted, except that electrocuted has actually induced death; to kill by electric shock.
How do you use electrocuted in a sentence?
Neila was almost electrocuted when her crock pot shorted out.
What is the correct use of electrocuted?
Usually refers to a person or animal that has had or risks having electricity passed through it (usually unintentionally). "He just got electrocuted" "If you keep poking that you're going to get electrocuted" "The poor thing stepped on the third rail and was electrocuted"
Can spiders get electrocuted?
Yes.
What are the sighne that you have been electrocuted?
You are dead.
Is this the right spelling electrocuted?
Yes
