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320 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781891620706
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 18 June 2003
Description
Benjamin Franklin's 1752 electric kite experiment, using lightning to throw a spark from a key, made him a celebrity, winning sympathy in France for the fight against the British. This text shows Franklin to be a great hoaxer and the fabled experi...
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320 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781891620706
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 18 June 2003
Description
Benjamin Franklin's 1752 electric kite experiment, using lightning to throw a spark from a key, made him a celebrity, winning sympathy in France for the fight against the British. This text shows Franklin to be a great hoaxer and the fabled experi...