Milestones:Book “Experiments and Observations on Electricity” by Benjamin Franklin, 1751
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Book "Experiments and Observations on Electricity" by Benjamin Franklin, 1751
In April 1751 the Royal Society published Benjamin Franklin's book, "Experiments and Observations on Electricity: Made in Philadelphia in America." A collection of letters to London's Peter Collinson, it described Franklin's ideas about the nature of electricity and how electrical devices worked, and new experiments to investigate lightning.
This book led to a better understanding of charges, stimulated Franklin's work on lightning rods, and made him an internationally known figure.
