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from the Heritage Foundation. This is Heritage Explains.

It's a common misconception that Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity, but the true story is still pretty cool.

On a June day in 1752, as a thunderstorm approached, Franklin and his son launched a kite with a wire attached to it.

A hemp string was tied to the kite with a metal key tied to it. The hemp string was then attached to a silk one, which was held by Franklin, who was undercover.

It's unlikely that lightning actually struck Franklin's kite,

but the electric charge present in the air quickly became apparent as it was

conducted by the metal and the wet hemp string. The dry silk string acted as an insulator,

preventing the charge from running to the ground. When Franklin reached out his knuckle to the

charged key, a small electrical spark appeared. Franklin was able to collect this charge in a rudimentary device called a lighten jar and

discharge it later.

In doing this experiment, Franklin didn't discover electricity, but he demonstrated that the natural

phenomenon of lightning and the sparks produced in the laboratories of the day were of one

and the same natural cause.

The American fascination with electricity and energy more broadly echoes through the ages.

Edison's electrical light bulb was invented in America, as well as Tesla's AC conduction motor,

the transistor, the transformer, the first hydropower plant, and many other innovations.

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