Benjamin Franklin was the first person to prove that lightning is a form of electricity.
Benjamin Franklin was the first person to prove that lightning is a form of electricity.
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.
it came about when Benjamin Franklin wanted to prove that lightning is electricity
Benjamin Franklin.he prove that lightning is electricity.
lightning was never invented, it is nature. Ben Frankilin disovered electricity by using lightning to prove that there was electrcity.
Ben Franklin proved that lightning was static electricity by means of his kite experiment. He believed that lighting was a form of static electricity on a huge scale.
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.
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.
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
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He didn't. Thales, a Greek, found that when amber was rubbed with silk it attracted feathers and other light objects. He had discovered static electricity. The Greek word for amber is �electron', from which we get �electricity' and �electronics'. 1600 - William Gilbert invented the term electricity William Gilbert, scientist and physician to Queen Elizabeth I, invented the term electricity (from the Greek word for amber, elecktra). He was the first person to describe the earth's magnetic field and to realise that there is a relationship between magnetism and electricity. 1752 - Franklin proved that lightning is a form of electricity Benjamin Franklin, famous U.S. politician, flew a kite with a metal tip into a thunderstorm to prove that lightning is a form of electricity. He was very lucky he wasn't killed. Don't try this at home! answer is from the following link: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/44783