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 ...

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 ...

The image of Ben Franklin with the key and the kite has endured throughout American history, even before there was an America. Here’s how the son of a soapmaker likely conducted -- and I do mean ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. On June 10th, 1752, Benjamin Franklin did a very dangerous thing. He flew a ...

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 ...

Serious kite-fliers discover and rediscover the basics of flight each time they launch heavier-than-air craft that depend on the wind to help them overcome gravity and fly. What they may not know is ...