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Revision as of 02:08, 21 July 2006 by Carcharoth (talk | contribs) (correct vandalism)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In 1750 the US scientist Benjamin Franklin published a proposal for an experiment to determine if lightning was electricity. He proposed extending a conductor into a cloud that appeared to have the potential to become a thunderstorm. If electricity existed in the cloud, the conductor could be used to extract it. In May of 1752 Thomas-François Dalibard (1709-1799) of France performed Franklin's experiment using a 40-foot-tall metal rod at Marly, and successfully extracted electricity from a low cloud. Around a month later, in June 1752, unaware of Dalibard's work, Franklin also extracted electricity from a cloud in his famous kite experiment.
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