In 1752, Benjamin Franklin, in a dangerous experiment, demonstrated the relationship between lightning and electricity by flying a kite during a storm in Philadelphia.

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* While the image of Franklin flying a kite during an electrical storm and conducting electricity from this action remains popular to this day, whether Franklin actually conducted this experiment ...

Benjamin Franklin has been confirmed as a character in Assassin's Creed III. The inventor, author and politician plays an important role in ACIII -- as a bawdy womanizer.

Franklin’s work on the fundamental properties of electricity went far beyond the famous demonstration of the electric nature of lightning in his kite-flying experiment.

The first was erected before the American Revolution and belongs to William Franklin (Daniel Betts), a British loyalist who calls his kite-flying father Benjamin Franklin (Keith Bartlett) a terrorist.

He attended Benjamin Franklin Middle School, where he was a cheerleader, attended Hillcrest High and continued on to UT Austin, fostering friendships that have lasted his lifetime.

Benjamin Franklin and his son William demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning while flying a kite. The Founding Father had a close relationship with his young son—preparing him to become ...

Benjamin Franklin's famous kite experiment during a thunderstorm 1752 Benjamin Franklin performed a famous science experiment on this day, flying a kite during a storm. According to the story ...

After all, Long Beach has been dubbed the kite-flying capital of the U.S. Most days year-round, kite flyers can be spotted on the sands. In fact, the city is even home to the World Kite Museum ...

Benjamin Franklin demonstrated that lightning is electricity in 1752 using a kite. During the late 1800s, as the Wright brothers worked to create the first aircraft, they conducted their research ...