LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Benjamin Franklin (Franklin, Benjamin - Scientist): Experiments
built 816 days ago
Benjamin Franklin (Franklin, Benjamin - Scientist) also shows up in the Retriever categories:
Benjamin Franklin (Franklin, Benjamin - Early) , and more.
Benjamin Franklin (Franklin, Benjamin - Early) , and more.
Maybe you have heard about the famous kite experiment by American Founding Father and inventor Benjamin Franklin. In 1752, to prove that lightning was electrical, he flew a kite during a thunderstorm.
Source:
On the voyage home Franklin, still fascinated with scientific experiments, measured ocean currents and water temperature. He believed that his public life was over and that he would finally be able to give all his time to science.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Experiments