2006-09-25 17:15:43 · 3 answers · asked by voodootribe 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Ben Franklin (1706-1790). Born in Boston, Massachusetts. Ben’s interest in electricity came long before he flew the kite. Ben didn’t just fly the kite when lightning was striking just to see what would happen. When lightning struck the kite, he actually ahd a theory behind what was going to happen. Ben sort of suspected that lightning in nature was electrical current, so flying the kite with a key on the end was a test to see if he was right.
His famous kite flight took place on June 1752, and led him to develop many terms that we still use today when we talk about electricity: conductor, condenser, charge, discharge, uncharge, negative, minus, plus, electric shock, and electrician.
Ben, after this experiment clearly understood how powerful and dangerous lightning could be. So he invented the lightning rod to protect buildings and houses from electrical shock
2006-09-25 17:17:01 · answer #1 · answered by Glen 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Benjamin Franklin Discovered Electricity
2016-10-04 09:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Did Benjamin Franklin Discover
2016-12-26 05:32:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1750, Benjamin Franklin published a proposal for an experiment to prove that lightning is electricity by flying a kite in a storm that appeared capable of becoming a lightning storm. On May 10, 1752, Thomas-François Dalibard of France conducted Franklin's experiment (using a 40-foot-tall iron rod instead of a kite) and extracted electrical sparks from a cloud. On June 15, Franklin conducted his famous kite experiment in Philadelphia and also successfully extracted sparks from a cloud (unaware that Dalibard had already done so, 36 days earlier).
2006-09-26 02:23:44 · answer #4 · answered by Lynn Rosemary 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ben Franklin didn't discover electricity.
The ancient Greeks knew about electricity. Thales of Miletus, who died around 546 B.C., discovered that static electricity could be made by rubbing amber with wool. The word "electron" originated in a Greek word for amber.
Scientists in Europe experimented with electricity long before Franklin.
Biographers say Franklin became interested in one of the era's greatest mysteries -- the nature of electricity -- in 1746 after reading about experiments done in Europe.
2006-09-25 17:20:24 · answer #5 · answered by Nick P 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
His kite experiment happened in 1752 that proved that lightning and electricity were the same occurrences. Lots of electrical terms used to this day originated with Ben.
2006-09-25 17:24:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ron D 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I discovered that when I ate two pounds of wheat and corn. I wanted to see if I could be like a chicken and poop out eggs. No luck though - I pooped out...well.... Poop!
2016-03-15 21:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1752 he conducted the kite experiment
2006-09-25 17:23:17 · answer #8 · answered by sabbycat76 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When his son fell to the ground while holding on to the kite string during a thunderstorm.
2006-09-25 17:20:22 · answer #9 · answered by crambavet 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When the light came on..
2006-09-25 17:22:40 · answer #10 · answered by whenwhalesfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋