Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a storm and advanced humanity's understanding of electricity on this day in history, June 10, 1752. Franklin was also a U.S. statesman and founding father.

“June 10 marks Benjamin Franklin’s kite flying experiment in 1752, where he tied a key to his kite and took it out during a thunderstorm to see if an electrical charge was produced.

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...

Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, c. 1816, by Benjamin West. Heavenly cherubs most certainly did not assist with Franklin's kite experiment. Chalk it up to artistic license.

So his name is on the kite and they fly the kite. ... Benjamin Franklin used a kite to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning. Kites have been used to study the weather and the atmosphere.

Don’t try this at home: a 19th century depiction of Benjamin Franklin’s famous experiment. (Courtesy: Bequest of A. S. Colgate, 1962) Some of the most iconic images of the American polymath Benjamin ...

Benjamin Franklin’s famous kite experiment, which revealed lightning’s electric nature, is more nuanced than commonly depicted, a new book explains. FPG/The Image Bank/Getty Images Plus.

Benjamin Franklin and his son William demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning while flying a kite. The Founding Father had a close relationship with his young son—preparing him to become ...

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 ...

On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers from being fired based on ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...