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{{short description|Science experiment on lightning and electricity}} ...down the wet kite string to the ground. The experiment was first proposed in 1752 by [[Benjamin Franklin]], who reportedly conducted the experiment with ...

...ormer World|Basin and Range]]'' (1981), parts of which originally appeared in the ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]]'' magazine.{{sfn|McPhee|1998|p=77}} ...erican.com/article/how-science-figured-out-the-age-of-the-earth/|title=How Science Figured Out the Age of Earth|last=Braterman|first=Paul S.|website=Scientifi ...

...which turned on an axis via a [[crank (mechanism)|crank]], a [[cloth]] pad in contact with the spinning globe, a set of [[metal]] needles to conduct away ...entists developed machines to generate static electricity decades earlier. In 1663, [[Otto von Guericke]] generated static electricity with a device that ...

...''History of Technology'' (book series)|the academic discipline|History of science and technology}} ...eviously reach, and by [[scientific instrument]]s by which we study nature in more detail than our natural senses allow. ...