Artist's impression of the Benjamin Franklin's

Artist's impression of the Benjamin Franklin's (1706-1790) investigation of the electrical nature of lightning, made at Philadelphia, USA, in September 1752. Franklin and his assistant are flying a kite in a thunderstorm and Franklin is drawing a spark off the kite string. Engraving from'Les Merveilles de a Science by Louis Figuier (Paris, circa 1870)

1706-1790 1752 Figuier Franklins Impression Investigation Kite Lightning Merveilles Spark String Thunderstorm

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