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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

It was June 1752 that one of the most famous and dangerous weather experiments may have been conducted. Most of us have seen the artist's rendering of the scene and heard the story of Benjamin ...

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 ...

Georgia of Port Byron asks a multitude of lightning-related questions including whether Ben Franklin really did the kite-in-the-sky experiment. Yes he did and was darn lucky he wasn't electrocuted!

Ben Franklin is one of the most colorful, clever, and quoted of the founding fathers. Two hundred and fifty years ago this month, he performed his famous kite experiment which proved that lightning ...