Benjamin Franklin didn’t discover electricity, but his experiments built on the knowledge of his day, advancing our understanding of electricity and providing us with several practical applications.

Here are some resources to learn more about Bejamin Franklin and electricity:

• Van Doren, Carl (1938).  Benjamin Franklin.  Viking.
• IEEE Spectrum.  Benjamin Franklin’s Other Great Electrical Discovery: Turkey Tenderization.  https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/ben-franklins-iotheri-great-electrical-discovery-turkey-tenderization.
• American Physical Society.  This Month in Physics History: December 23, 1750: Ben Franklin Attempts to Electrocute a Turkey.  https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200612/history.cfm.
• https://franklinpapers.org/ (Collected papers of Benjamin Franklin).
• Lawson, Robert (1939).  Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos.  Little, Brown and Company.
• Beretta, Gene (2006).  Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin.  Henry Holt and Company.
• Harness, Cheryl (2005).  The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin.  National Geographic.
• Byrd, Robert (2012).  Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin.  Dial Books for Young Readers.

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