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To: Jeff Jordan who wrote (3477)	1/25/2013 10:34:11 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3872

Nikola Tesla was undoubtedly connected however you want to interrupt that. Kite experiment Franklin realized the dangers of using conductive rods and instead used a kite. The increased height allowed him to stay on the ground and the kite was less likely to electrocute him. Franklin kept the string of the kite dry at his end to insulate him while the rest of the string was allowed to get wet in the rain to provide conductivity. A key was attached to the string and connected to a Leyden jar, which Franklin correctly assumed to accumulate electricity from the lightning bolt. The kite wasn't struck by visible lightning, but Franklin noticed the strings of the kite were repelling each other and deduced that the Leyden jar was being charged. Franklin reportedly received a mild shock by moving his hand near the key afterwards, because as he had estimated, lightning had negatively charged the key and the Leyden jar, proving the electric nature of lightning [5] en.wikipedia.org Having pondered this experiment for awhile I have two questions for you Senor Jeffery. 1) How does electricity move through a dry string? 2) How long would it take to saturate a kite string with raindrops if ever? My hunch? It makes for a nice fairy tale.