Starring Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin during his diplomatic adventures in France, it’s a fairly flat rendition of an American in Paris that, unlike its subject, never quite catches a ...

Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a storm and advanced humanity's understanding of electricity on this day in history, June 10, 1752. Franklin was also a U.S. statesman and founding father.

When Benjamin Franklin fashioned the first lightning rod in the 1750s following his famous experiment flying a kite with a key attached during a thunderstorm, the American inventor had no way of ...

The possible pre-Franklin origins of the lightning rod are vigorously debated. Around 1730 , a Russian industrialist named Akinfiy Demidov built the 189-foot-tall Leaning Tower of Nevyansk in ...

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 ...

Much like “Masters of the Air,” “Franklin” marks the latest Apple TV+ historical series that feels like a companion to an earlier (and superior) HBO production – in this case, “John ...

Benjamin Franklin is credited with inventing the lightning rod, and for some 270 years it has remained the main tool for protecting buildings from destructive and potentially deadly thunderbolts.

Ingenious Richard Munson W.W. Norton & Co., $29.99. Let’s talk about the kite and the lightning storm. In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to ...

In the concluding chapter of “Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist,” Richard Munson summarizes the many ...