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…. The biplane was first tested as a manned kite, with one of the brothers manipulating the controls, while two others held the ropes. Later it was tested as an unmanned kite, with chains being used for ballast. The longest distance the plane glided was between 300…

…with and proved that electricity came from lightning. In 1752, he and his son Billy set out on a stormy night to prove the electricity was generated by lightning. He took a kite and attached a long ribbon to the end of it. He tied a key on the ribbon, about 7 feet…

…. It was finished in the first week of October. The biplane was first tested as a manned kite, with one of the brothers onboard manipulating the controls, while two others held the ropes. Later it was tested as an unmanned kite, with chains being used for ballast…

…discoveries involving electricity. Determined to urther establish his belief that lightning was electricity, he performed his famous kite experiment. He flew a kite with a metal needle attached to the tip on a very fine metal wire. He had a key attached…

…” through the use of the word heaven: “...In the broken name of heaven / ... and heavenfall.”(30) However,”Men Marry What They Need” flash images of a bright light, a shore with waves crashing against rocks and a kite flying in the wind: “...light that shatters…

…, you are my best friend, my teacher! I don´t know who I would be without you! I would give everything for flying a kite with you again and for hearing you call me Hally." Sam: Let´s build a kite, Hally!"…

…rivalry. It is ironic that people have to have a license to catch a fish, own a dog and fly a kite, but they will let anyone raise a child. Since there are no prerequisites for raising children, there has to be some sort of guidelines. It is hard enough…

…Geographic Society from 1898 to 1903 and was made a regent of the Smithsonian Institution in 1898. After 1895 his interest was occupied largely by aviation. He invented the tetrahedral kite. The Aerial Experiment Association, founded under his patronage in 1907…

…of the relationship of lightning and electricity, the 46 year old Franklin devised his famous kite experiment with the aid of his 21 year old son, William. One day, during a thunderstorm, he flew a kite in the storm. Little did he know that this was a very dangerous…

…Geographic Society from 1898 to 1903 and was made a regent of the Smithsonian Institution in 1898. After 1895 his interest was occupied largely by aviation. He invented the tetrahedral kite. The Aerial Experiment Association, founded under his patronage in 1907…