Benjamin franklin and the kite experiment
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE KITE EXPERIMENT
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- He had his materials at the ready: a simple kite made with a large silk handkerchief, a hemp string, and a silk string. He also had a house key, a
- Franklin had originally planned to conduct the experiment atop a Philadelphia church spire, according to his contemporary, British scientist
- HERE’S HOW THE EXPERIMENT WORKED: FRANKLIN CONSTRUCTED A SIMPLE KITE AND ATTACHED A WIRE TO THE TOP OF IT TO ACT AS A LIGHTNING ROD. TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
- SILK STRING, KEPT DRY AS IT WAS HELD BY FRANKLIN IN THE DOORWAY OF A SHED, WOULDN’T. THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WAS THE METAL KEY. FRANKLIN ATTACHED IT TO THE HEMP
- HEMP STRING STANDING ERECT, “JUST AS IF THEY HAD BEEN SUSPENDED ON A COMMON CONDUCTOR.” FRANKLIN MOVED HIS FINGER NEAR THE KEY, AND AS THE NEGATIVE CHARGES IN THE METAL
- TO THE KEY, AND (LET THE READER JUDGE OF THE EXQUISITE PLEASURE HE MUST HAVE FELT AT THAT MOMENT) THE DISCOVERY WAS COMPLETE. HE PERCEIVED A VERY EVIDENT ELECTRIC
- RECOUNTED. THAT “ELECTRIC FIRE”—OR ELECTRICITY—COULD THEN BE DISCHARGED AT A LATER TIME.
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