What happens when Franklin flies a kite in a thunderstorm?

It is raining cats and dogs. Franklin and his son are pulling a kite string together, and the father and son are anxiously looking forward to it. At this moment, just a flash of lightning passed over the kite. Franklin approached the string on the kite with his hand, and there was a terrible numbness at once.

Later, he introduced the electricity from the kite line into the Leiden bottle. After returning home, Franklin conducted various electrical experiments with lightning, which proved that lightning in the sky has exactly the same properties as electricity generated by artificial friction. Franklin's view that electricity in the sky and electricity on the ground are the same thing has been well confirmed in his own experiments.

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Franklin's idea that the electricity in the sky and the electricity on the ground are the same thing has been well confirmed in his own experiments: he introduced the electricity in the kite line into the Leiden bottle. After returning home, Franklin conducted various electrical experiments with lightning, which proved that lightning in the sky has exactly the same properties as electricity generated by artificial friction.

Benjamin Franklin was an American industrialist, scientist, social activist, thinker, writer and diplomat in the18th century. He is the first scientist and inventor in American history who enjoys an international reputation. Kite experiment is an experiment about lightning made by American saint Benjamin Franklin.

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