...used a needle to draw off the charge of an iron ball in his lab. He detailed his proposed experiment: On the top of some high tower or steeple, place a kind of sentry box big enough to contain a man and an electrical stand. From the middle of the stand, let an iron rod...

...before it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief? To determine the question, whether the clouds that...top of some high tower or steeple, place a kind of sentry-box, (as in Fig. 9,) big enough to contain a man and an electrical stand. From the middle of...

...towers and churches may be effectively secured from the strokes of light.' He proposed an experiment: To determine the question, whether the clouds that...electrified or not, I would propose an experiment where it may be tried out conveniently. On the top of some high tower or steeple, place a kind of sentry...

...Franklin. Among the attractions was the simulated use of a lightning rod. Brown University Libraries To determine the question Whether the Clouds that...electrified or not, I would propose an Experiment to be try'd where it may be done conveniently. From the Middle of the Stand let an Iron Rod rise, and pass...

...experiment be made. Experiment to Determine Whether the Clouds That Contain Lightning Are Electrified, 175o On the Top of some high Tower or Steeple, place a Kind of Sentry Box big enough to contain a Man and an electrical Stand. From the Middle of the Stand let an Iron Rod rise,...

...together with electrical experimenter Delor, performed the experiment that Franklin had sketched out to "determine the Question, Whether the Clouds that contain Lightning are electrified or not." Franklin had suggested that a sentry box, big enough to accommodate a man and an electrical stand,...

...an "Atmosphere of Electrical Particles". See text for details. From Labaree et al. [1961b]. writes "To determine the Question, Whether the Clouds that...electrified or not, I would propose an Experiment to be try'd where it may be done conveniently." His following proposal inspired the famous 'sentry-box' experiment...

...nigh enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief? (d) "21. To determine the question, whether the clouds that...electrified or not, I would propose an experiment to be try'd where it may be done conveniently. On the top of some high tower or steeple, place a kind of...

...it came nigh enough to strike, and thereby secure us from that most sudden and terrible mischief? 5T To determine the question, whether the clouds that...electrified or not, I would propose an experiment. . . . 56 Reference 12, supra. 57 For further information on Franklin's early descriptions of lightning...

...conclusion that lightning and the electrical fire are identical. "To determine the question," he says,* "whether the clouds that contain lightning are electrified or not, I would propose an experiment to be try'd where it may be done conveniently. On the top of some high tower or steeple place a kind of centry...