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班傑明富蘭克林與電 Benjamin Franklin and Electricity
富蘭克林需要某樣能接近雲層的東西、幫助吸引雷電，費城沒有任何山坡與高樓幫助他做到這件事，但他運用絲質手帕、一些枝條和細繩作為工具，作為代替他自己接近雲層的東西，也就是風箏，而這種作法真的成功了！富蘭克林和幾位歐洲科學家（進行自己實驗的科學家）證明了雷電與電力都是一樣的東西。
但這對富蘭克林來說還是不夠，他相信這些知識能用於更實際的目的。
Franklin needed something to get close enough to the clouds to attract the lightning. He couldn't get up there since Philadelphia didn't have any hills or tall buildings. He did have a silk handkerchief, a couple of sticks and some string, so instead of getting himself up near the lightning, he flew a kite up to it. And it worked! Franklin and a few other scientists in Europe (who did their own experiments) proved that lightning and electricity were the same thing.
But that wasn't enough for Franklin. He believed that this knowledge should be used for practical purposes.
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