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How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightning

author: Schanzer, Rosalyn
Focuses on Benjamin Franklin's role as an inventor of whimsical gadgets and practical contraptions, with an emphasis on his experiment of flying a kite during a rainstorm.
920
year: 2003
copies: 69
call number/section: 920
lexile: 910

Ben Franklin's Big Shock

author: Jango-cohen, Judith
Describes Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity and what he learned from them.
537
year: 2006
copies: 4
call number/section: 537
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subjects: franklin, benjamin [X], electricity [X], discoveries in science

Who Really Discovered Electricity?

author: Leavitt, Amie Jane
This book follows the stories of Dr. William Gilbert, Stephen Gray, and Benjamin Franklin as they explore the force now called electricity.
537.09
year: 2011
copies: 11
call number/section: 537.09
lexile: 690
subjects: gilbert, william, gray, stephen, franklin, benjamin [X], electricity [X]

Benjamin Franklin And Electricity

author: Riley, Gail Blasser
Biography of Benjamin Franklin emphasizing his interest in science, invention, and discovery.
921
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: 921
lexile:
subjects: franklin, benjamin [X], statesmen, scientists, printers, electricity [X], lightning

Benjamin Franklin's Adventures With Electricity

author: Birch, Beverley
Tells the story of Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity and his attempt to prove the electrical properties of lightning by flying a kit with a metal key attached.
537.2
year: 1996
copies: 2
call number/section: 537.2
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subjects: franklin, benjamin [X], electricity [X]

Stealing God's Thunder

author: Dray, Philip
A biography of Benjamin Franklin detailing his scientific accomplishments and the role he played in shaping American government and democracy.
921
year: 2005
copies: 1
call number/section: 921
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subjects: franklin, benjamin [X], physicists, statesmen, lightning, electricity [X]

Bolt Of Fate

author: Tucker, Tom
Examines the truth and myth surrounding Benjamin Franklin's kite-flying experiment in electrical science.
530.09
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: 530.09
lexile:
subjects: franklin, benjamin [X], statesmen, physicists, lightning, electricity [X], united states

The Basics Of Electric Charges

author: Clark, John O. E
"Electricity is a wonderful convenience that provides us with light, heat, communications, and power.
537
year: 2015
copies: 5
call number/section: 537
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subjects: franklin, benjamin [X], electricity [X], statics, electrochemistry, electromagnetism, electrons

Electricity

author: Hyneman, Jamie
Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to electricity, including whether or not Benjamin Franklin could have survived flying a kite that had been struck by lightning.
FIC
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copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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Benjamin Franklin And The Discovery Of Electricity

author: Peterson, Megan Cooley
"In 1752, the sky in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, darkened. A thunderstorm was coming.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: franklin, benjamin [X], electricity [X], inventors, scientists

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