He flew a kite to find out about eletricity.
Ben Franklin
because lightning will strike it
1740 he asked why not when and iam trying to figure this out myself
If Franklin did indeed fly a kite into a thuderstorm as folklore states, the charge of electricity down the wet twine would not have been enough to seriously shock him. There was a risk of lightning being directed to him, but this would likely have burned up the kite and twine rather than Franklin.
how Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity Benjamin Franklin used a kite and went out into a storm with a kite and let it fly like any other kite and soon lightning hit it and lightning is a source of electricity
He flew a kite to find out about eletricity.
He almost got electrocuted when he was crazy enough to fly a kite with a key on it in a lightning storm
In June of 1752.
A kite with a key attached to it.
Go Fly a Kite
Ben Franklin
because lightning will strike it
1740 he asked why not when and iam trying to figure this out myself
If Franklin did indeed fly a kite into a thuderstorm as folklore states, the charge of electricity down the wet twine would not have been enough to seriously shock him. There was a risk of lightning being directed to him, but this would likely have burned up the kite and twine rather than Franklin.
the first kites were made by Benjamin Franklin and did not fly successfully.
The same day he discovered that electricity has + charges and - charges.