This Day in History: , Benjamin Franklin Flies a Kite During Thunderstorm ... years conducting electricity experiments. While flying his kite in the storm, the U.S. Founding Father was able ...

Though most people know Benjamin Franklin — an American ... remain dry because it is held under cover. As Franklin observed his flying kite, he saw that the hemp strands stood on end as they ...

John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to fly a kite in a ...

Let’s talk about the kite and the lightning storm. In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated ...

Most Americans are familiar with the story of Benjamin Franklin and his famous 18th-century experiment in which he attached a metal key to a kite during a thunderstorm to see if the lightning ...

Benjamin Franklin had an exceptionally close bond with his son—until the American Revolution pitted them against each other. Benjamin Franklin and his son William demonstrate the electrical ...

“The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” appeared posthumously ... He has no intention of disabusing anyone about his kite-flying experiments. Or of sparing anyone his beseechments and bromides.

On this day in history, June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin reportedly ... to fall from the skies of Philadelphia, and Franklin opted to fly a kite, according to The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia.

John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to fly a kite in a ...