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This experiment was made in 1752; and the news, as contained in Franklin's simple letter to Mr. Collinson, spread over the world, and with various theatrical embellishments in the telling. THIS EXPERIMENT WAS MADE IN SEVENTEEN FIFTY TWO AND THE NEWS AS CONTAINED IN FRANKLIN'S SIMPLE LETTER TO MISTER COLLINSON SPREAD OVER THE WORLD AND WITH VARIOUS THEATRICAL EMBELLISHMENTS IN THE TELLING
anation of its purpose and action. He also suggested an experiment that would prove that lightning was a form of electricity; and to show that lightning was attracted by points he proposed that a man should stand on a tall steeple, or tower, with a pointed rod and draw electricity from the thunder-clouds. The experiment was tried in France and England, and Franklin was proclaimed the discoverer of the identity of lightning with electricity. Some of the scientists used a tall metal rod. Franklin now thought of the kite experiment, because there were no steeples in Philadelphia tall enough. To an ordinary kite covered with silk he fixed a sharp, pointed wire, rising about a foot above the frame of the kite. To the end of the twine next the hand a silk ribbon was tied; and where the silk and twine joined a key was fastened. When the thunder-clouds passed over the kite, the pointed wire drew the electric fire from them, and down the string to the key, from which electric fire was obtained. ING ROD AN EXPLANATION OF ITS PURPOSE AND ACTION HE ALSO SUGGESTED AN EXPERIMENT THAT WOULD PROVE THAT LIGHTNING WAS A FORM OF ELECTRICITY AND TO SHOW THAT LIGHTNING WAS ATTRACTED BY POINTS HE PROPOSED THAT A MAN SHOULD STAND ON A TALL STEEPLE OR TOWER WITH A POINTED ROD AND DRAW THE ELECTRICITY FROM THE THUNDER CLOUDS THE EXPERIMENT WAS TRIED IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND AND FRANKLIN WAS PROCLAIMED THE DISCOVERER OF THE IDENTITY OF LIGHTNING WITH ELECTRICITY SOME OF THE SCIENTISTS USED A TALL METAL ROD FRANKLIN NOW THOUGHT OF THE KITE EXPERIMENT BECAUSE THERE WERE NO STEEPLES IN PHILADELPHIA TALL ENOUGH TO AN ORDINARY KITE COVERED WITH SILK HE FIXED A SHARP POINTED WIRE RISING ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE THE FRAME OF THE KITE TO THE END OF THE TWINE NEXT THE HAND A SILK RIBBON WAS TIED AND WHERE THE SILK AND TWINE JOINED A KEY WAS FASTENED WHEN THE THUNDER CLOUDS PASSED OVER THE KITE THE POINTED WIRE DREW THE ELECTRIC FIRE FROM THEM AND DOWN THE STRING TO THE KEY FROM WHICH ELECTRIC FIRE WAS OBTAINED
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