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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
[[Joseph Priestley]] reads an entry in his journal from [[1767]], detailing the account of what [[Benjamin Franklin]] told him happened with his famous kite experiment, and which was kept a secret for several years. | |||
According to the account, the night of the experiment, [[Deborah Franklin]] woke her husband at the sound of his bells, which would ring when lightning struck his lightning rod. Benjamin goes down stairs and wakes his son, [[William Franklin|Will]]. [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[William Franklin|his son]] then proceed outside to test the theory of conservation of charge using the kite experiment. Will gets a kite into the stormy skies and hands the string of kite to his father. Lightning strikes the kite just as the skies appear to clear up. However, instead of the lightning being totally diverted by a key Benjamin attached to the string, Benjamin ends up shocked with enough electricity to kill a man and later [[electrical absorption|discharges]] it through his [[Tiger|cat]]. Afterwards, Benjamin does not appear to suffer any injuries from the experiment. | |||
After finishing reading, Joseph closes the journal and places it on a bookshelf, thinking that the world is not ready for that part of the story yet and it may never be. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 22:13, 4 March 2008
| A Lesson in Electricity | |
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| Issue #: | 75 |
| Released: | March 3, 2008 |
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| Story by: | David Wohl |
| Art by: | Micah Gunnell |
| Digital Inks by: | Mark Roslan |
| Colors by: | John Starr |
| Lettering by: | Comicraft |
| Produced by: | Aspen MLT Inc. |
| Easter Egg: | Behind the scenes image of Ali Larter and Noah Gray-Cabey |
| Previous: | Blindsided |
| One of America's greatest Founding Fathers has a secret he took to his grave. |
| The only major writing on the mystery of Ben Franklin's famous kite flying experiment comes from John Priestly[sic]'s account, published fifteen years afterwards. Franklin made many major discoveries in his lifetime, but some details he chose to keep to himself. |
Summary
Joseph Priestley reads an entry in his journal from 1767, detailing the account of what Benjamin Franklin told him happened with his famous kite experiment, and which was kept a secret for several years.
According to the account, the night of the experiment, Deborah Franklin woke her husband at the sound of his bells, which would ring when lightning struck his lightning rod. Benjamin goes down stairs and wakes his son, Will. Benjamin Franklin and his son then proceed outside to test the theory of conservation of charge using the kite experiment. Will gets a kite into the stormy skies and hands the string of kite to his father. Lightning strikes the kite just as the skies appear to clear up. However, instead of the lightning being totally diverted by a key Benjamin attached to the string, Benjamin ends up shocked with enough electricity to kill a man and later discharges it through his cat. Afterwards, Benjamin does not appear to suffer any injuries from the experiment.
After finishing reading, Joseph closes the journal and places it on a bookshelf, thinking that the world is not ready for that part of the story yet and it may never be.
See Also
- For images from A Lesson in Electricity, see images from A Lesson in Electricity.
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