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Benjamin Franklin's invention of the lightning rod is the founding fable of American science, but Franklin was only one of many early Americans fascinated by electricity. As a dramatically new physical experience, electricity amazed those who dared to tame the lightning and set it coursing... read more
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- British America
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First Sentence edit
The origins of Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity lie not in contemplative wonder at the order of nature, but in terrified astonishment at its violence.
Authors & Contributors edit
- James Delbourgo (Author)
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- Dewey: 303.483097309033
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- Books › Science › Physics › Electromagnetism › Electricity
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