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    The kite experiment is a scientific experiment in which a kite with a pointed conductive wire attached to its apex is flown near thunder clouds to collect...
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    Benjamin Franklin published an account of a kite experiment to prove that lightning was caused by electricity. Kites were also instrumental in the research...
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    conducted his well-known kite experiment in Philadelphia, successfully extracting sparks from a cloud. He described the experiment in his newspaper, The...
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    (October 19, 1752). "The Kite Experiment". The Pennsylvania Gazette. Archived from the original on September 22, 2010. "Kite Experiment". Benjamin Franklin...
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    Voltaire (2018) Milliontown (2006) Experiments in Mass Appeal (2008) FrostFest Live CD (2009) The Philadelphia Experiment (2010 - live) The Rockfield Files...
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  • Kite Man (Charles "Chuck" Brown) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics who uses kite-based weapons to commit crimes. He is...
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    depicted as a young child when he assisted his father in the famed kite experiment of 1752, Franklin was at least 21 years old at the time. As a young...
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    armonica Gulf Stream exploration, naming, and chart Lightning rod Kite experiment Pay it forward Associators 111th Infantry Regiment Junto club American...
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    depicts American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin conducting his kite experiment in 1752 to ascertain the electrical nature of lighting. West composed...
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    received. The capsule was not recovered. The Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment (KITE) was a test of tether technology on the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle...
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  • Gravity Probe B Hafele–Keating experiment Homestake experiment Kite experiment Oil drop experiment Michelson–Morley experiment Rømer's determination of the...
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    Alexander Graham Bell. It came about from his experiments with Hargrave's box kites and his attempts to build a kite that was scalable and big enough to carry...
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  • notable experiments in physics. The list includes only experiments with Wikipedia articles. For hypothetical experiments, see thought experiment. Bell tests...
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  • character in novels, films, musicals, comics, and video games. His experiment, using a kite, to prove that lightning is a form of electricity has been an especially...
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  • air experiment (1660): Robert Boyle shows that the volume of a given amount of gas is inversely related to the pressure upon it. Kite experiment (1700s):...
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    Around June 1752, Franklin reportedly performed his famous kite experiment. The kite experiment was repeated by Romas, who drew from a metallic string sparks...
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  • humorously recounts the invention of the Franklin stove, Franklin's kite experiment and invention of lightning rods, and his service as ambassador to France...
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    also a kite, with a wire and string, which drew down that fluid from the clouds," wrote Shelley, similar to Franklin's famous kite experiment. In discussing...
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    1752, Franklin published a third-person account of his pioneering kite experiment in The Pennsylvania Gazette, without mentioning that he himself had...
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    famous kite experiment, duplicating experiments that show that lightning and electricity are the same. According to Franklin, lightning strikes the kite that...
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    speculated about lightning rods for several years before his reported kite experiment.[citation needed] In the 19th century, the lightning rod became a decorative...
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    Royal Navy experimented with kite raising antennae on HMS Good Hope in 1903, using a box kite designed by Samuel Franklin Cody. A 300-foot kite raised antenna...
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    between lightning and electricity. The same decade, Romas conducted the kite experiment that Benjamin Franklin proposed in 1750 in a letter to Peter Collinson...
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    A box kite is a high-performance kite, noted for developing relatively high lift; it is a type within the family of cellular kites. The typical design...
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  • Musschenbroek: discovery of the Leyden jar 1752 – Benjamin Franklin: Kite experiment 1760 – Joseph-Louis Lagrange: Lagrangian mechanics 1782 – Antoine Lavoisier:...
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    famous kite experiment, duplicating experiments that show that lightning and electricity are the same. According to Franklin, lightning strikes the kite that...
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    that lightning and electricity are the same. In Franklin's famous kite experiment, he successfully extracted sparks from a cloud during a thunderstorm...
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