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 would ...

On this day in history, June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin reportedly flew a kite during a thunderstorm, with the goal of collecting ambient electrical charge in a Leyden jar — a container that could ...

Illustrations of scientific experiments play a fundamental role in both science education and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the general public. Confirming the adage that “a picture is ...

The image of Ben Franklin with the key and the kite has endured throughout American history, even before there was an America. Here’s how the son of a soapmaker likely conducted -- and I do mean ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Legend has it that 250 years ago this month, Benjamin Franklin sailed a kite and a key into a stormy Philadelphia sky and made a shocking discovery: Lightning is a form of electricity.

PHILADELPHIA -- Legend has it that 250 years ago this month, Benjamin Franklin sailed a kite and a key into a stormy Philadelphia sky and made a shocking discovery: Lightning was a form of electricity ...

In 1752, Benjamin Franklin decided to fly a kite. With a sharp metal rod on the end … linked by cotton thread to a metal key. And in a thunderstorm. It is safe to say this was a possibly lethal ...

MIDDLEFIELD — Those who visited Lyman Orchards this weekend navigated through a piece of Americana, trying to escape a Benjamin Franklin-themed corn maze honoring the founding father’s kite-flying ...