Benjamin Franklin was the first person to observe the connection between lightening and electricity (although it would be wrong to say that he invented either of those things - they are natural phenomena, not inventions).
No, Volta and Faraday were not the first people to discover electricity. Electricity was known since ancient times through phenomena like lightning. Volta is known for inventing the electric battery, and Faraday made significant contributions to the understanding of electromagnetism.
Lightning is an example of static electricity
static electricity
Benjamin Franklin's experiments with lightning and electricity proved that lightning is electricity and that lightning rods can protect buildings from lightning strikes. His kite experiment demonstrated the connection between lightning and electricity.
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He Looked At It!
The first people to witness lightning in a thunderstorm.
he discovered it in his home of Philedalphia
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.
Lightning doesn't become electricity. Lightning already is electricity.
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
He used a kite that's where the term "flying kite in the rainstorm" comes from.
Yes, a lightning bolt can provide electricity because a lightning bolt is electricity.
No, Volta and Faraday were not the first people to discover electricity. Electricity was known since ancient times through phenomena like lightning. Volta is known for inventing the electric battery, and Faraday made significant contributions to the understanding of electromagnetism.
Benjamin Franklin did not discover electricity, but simply discovered that lightning was electricity.
Lightning is an example of static electricity