Electricity was known long before Franklin. He proposed the kite experiment but probably never performed it (a Prussian scientist tried it and gor electrocuted). It’s purpose was to determine whether lightning was a form of electricity, and it led to Franklin’s subsequent invention of the lightning rod.
rubinocreative Premium Member over 13 years ago
What 1960s vessel was named after Ben Franklin and why?
Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago
It wasn’t John Quincy Adams who founded electricity?
runar over 13 years ago
Electricity was known long before Franklin. He proposed the kite experiment but probably never performed it (a Prussian scientist tried it and gor electrocuted). It’s purpose was to determine whether lightning was a form of electricity, and it led to Franklin’s subsequent invention of the lightning rod.