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A drawing of Franklin's kite experiment

A drawing of Franklin's kite experiment

CREDIT: Currier & Ives. "Franklin's experiment, June 1752: Demonstrating the identity of lightning and electricty, from which he invented the lightning rod." Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.



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