Benjamin Franklin, Electricty Experiment with Kite

Benjamin Franklin's experiment with the kite "..when the string was thoroughly wet, abundance of electricity was procured..." Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American scientist, inventor and statesman. Franklin showed that lightning is electricity by flying a kite carrying a metal key during a thunderstorm. This led to his invention of the lightning rod to protect buildings from lightning strikes. He also invented fins for swimming, bifocal glasses, a urinary catheter and showed that evaporation cooled objects. In between all this, he also found time to found the USA, help shape the revolution and be a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

18 18E 18EME XVIII XVIIIE XVIIIEME SIECLE • 18E SIECLE • 18EME S • AMBASSADEUR • AMBASSADEURS • AMÉRICAIN • AUTEUR • AUTEURS • BOUTEILLE DE LEYDE • CÉLÈBRE • CELEBRITE • CERF-VOLANT • DIPLOMATE • DIPLOMATES • DIX-HUITIÈME SIÈCLE • ELECTRICITE • EXPERIENCE • EXPERIENCES • EXPERIMENTATION • FILS NATUREL • FILS • HOMME DE SCIENCE • HOMME • ILLUSTRATION • IMPRIMEUR • INVENTEUR • LANCER UN CERF-VOLANT • LOUER • MUSICEN • MUSICIEN • MUSICIENS • ODOMETRE • PARATONNERRE • PERE (PARENTE) • PÈRE • PERSONNAGES • PERSONNALITÉS • PERSONNE • PHYSIQUE ELECTRICITE • PORTAIT • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PREPARATION D'EXPERIENCE • PRETER • SAVANT • SCIENCE: EXPERIENCES • SCIENTIFIQUE • TYPOGRAPHE • XVIIIE SIECLE