#OnThisDay Thursday 5th June 2014 - Benjamin Franklin flew a kite as part of a lightning experiment on this day in 1752...
Jun 05, 2014, 04:46 PM
The #OnThisDay take on the anniversary of the American scientist and politician Benjamin Franklin flying a kite to test the theory that lightning was a form of electricity on this day in 1752. He and his son William walked out to a shed in a distant field during a thunderstorm to fly a silk handkerchief kite. After connecting one end of a kite to a metal key placed in a Leiden Jar to store electrical charges, Franklin flew the kite up into storm clouds overhead.
'On This Day...Thursday 5th June 2014' Written, performed, edited and produced by Richard Usher
'On This Day...Thursday 5th June 2014' © Larynx Productions and Richard Usher 2014