Timeline for Did Benjamin Franklin perform an experiment by flying a kite in a lightning storm?
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| Aug 14, 2014 at 21:04 | comment | added | Kelly S. French | He described an experiment whose goal was a lightning strike which is what was published but the actual running of the experiment generated a spark from the charge buildup of the storm without a lightning bolt hit the kite. People knew even then that lightning was destructive so the part that mentioned touching a key when the kite is hit by lightning was more of a thought experiment. The main idea was a way to show an association between lightning in the wild and electricity generated from a battery. | |
| Aug 14, 2014 at 20:55 | comment | added | Gabe | So the kite experiment was real, but the myth about the kite being struck by lightning is false. | |
| Aug 14, 2014 at 4:48 | vote | accept | Devashish Das | ||
| Aug 13, 2014 at 21:24 | history | answered | Henry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |