2006-09-10 17:20:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
no one really "invented" electricity, but you can ask who discovered it.
While people have known about the powerful effects of lightning for thousands of years, the first person to discover that lightning was a naturally occuring form of electricity was Benjamin Franklin.
In 1752, during a dangerous electrical storm, Franklin flew a kite that had a metal key at the bottom of the string. When a bolt of lightning hit the kite, a spark of electricity flew from the key! From this experiment, Franklin invented the lightning rod, which attracts lightning and draws it into the ground. This saves many buildings from burning down.
2006-09-10 22:54:05 · answer #1 · answered by Eden* 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In 1750, he published a proposal for an experiment to prove that lightning is electricity but Thomas Edison invented many of the things that use electricity.
2006-09-11 00:25:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um...benjamin franklin didnt invent electricity, he discovered it so dont write that and it was in 1747
2006-09-11 00:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by >???<Chinita>???< 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He neither invented it or discovered it, he only experimented with electricity.
2006-09-11 00:27:50 · answer #4 · answered by WOLFGANG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don''t INVENT electricity, you discover it. Did Newton also INVENT gravity?
2006-09-11 00:24:02 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Curious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He discovered it, not invented
2006-09-11 00:23:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
17th century
2006-09-11 02:23:22 · answer #7 · answered by eshaghi_2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when he needed it
2006-09-11 00:22:53 · answer #8 · answered by laney45 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋