Benjamin Franklin did not invent electricity, but he discovered how to harness its power for common use. Franklin's kite ...

Ben Franklin — whose electric experiments are most frequently associated with flying a kite in a thunderstorm — built and tested one such high-voltage motor. It wasn’t very powerful ...

Ben Franklin’s famous experiment with the kite and key gave him a better understanding of the nature of electricity. But did that event lead to the lightning rod? When Benjamin Franklin died in ...

It highlights significant discoveries, starting with Thales of Miletus's observation of static electricity from amber, followed by Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment that linked lightning to ...