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| Benjamin Franklins Experiment | |
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 Benjamin Franklin and William Franklin ready their kite. | |
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| Date of event: | 1752 |
| Location: | Philadelphia, PA |
The kite experiment is a famous experiment carried out by Benjamin Franklin to prove his many theories of electricity.
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Graphic Novel:A Lesson in Electricity
As Benjamin and William Franklin stand atop a hill they ready the kite, attaching a key to conduct the lightning, and to avoid electricution covers the kite in a dry silk string. He misinterperates the fact that if the string is wet it too will conduct the electricity. William asks if they should try a different location. At that moment the lightning strikes the kite with enough charge to kill a man. Later the events are contridicted in Benjamin Franklin's journal.
Notes
- Benjamin's experiment was writen about in Joseph Priestley's diary.
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 Benjamin uses a key to conduct the lightning. |
 But forgets the wet string will also conduct the lightning. |
 And as a result is electricuted. |
