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Artist's impression of the Benjamin Franklin's

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Artist's impression of the Benjamin Franklin's (1706-1790) investigation of the electrical nature of lightning, made at Philadelphia, USA, in September 1752. Franklin and his assistant are flying a kite in a thunderstorm and Franklin is drawing a spark off the kite string. Engraving from"Les Merveilles de a Science" by Louis Figuier (Paris, c1870) . Scientist Experiment Electricity Meteorology

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25,7Mb (2,8Mb) / 8,4in x 11,8in / 2533 x 3543 (300dpi)