Originally published as a series of pamphlets in 1751, the first collected edition of Experiments and Observations on Electricity Made at Philadelphia in America by Benjamin Franklin was the fourth ...
We all carry supercomputers in our pockets and use dozens of electric gizmos every day but rarely stop to marvel at the magical act of flicking a switch. Use your ordinary conducting and extraordinary ...
BenjaminFranklin was a multi-talented man, famous for many things – perhaps most of all the kite experiment he devised to prove for the first time that lightning is electricity. Born in Boston, ...