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What Ben actually did in his famous 1752 experiment was to cause some excess electrical charge near a storm cloud to ground out through his kite string–still an impressive demonstration, but a much less powerful prospect than an actual lightning strike.
在1752年的這次著名實驗中，富蘭克林只是將暴風云附近的過量電荷通過風箏線引到地面上，雖然這比實際的雷擊威力小很多，但此舉仍然令人印象深刻。
Nor is it true that Franklin discovered electricity, as people tend to say.
事實上，富蘭克林并不像人們所傳的那樣發現了電。
What he was trying to do was to demonstrate that lightning itself is simply a powerful electric discharge between the clouds and the earth. In this he was entirely correct.
他的行動就是要證明：閃電只是云與地球之間的一種強大的放電現象，在這一點上，他是完全正確的。
Now, did you know that two of the basic terms we use even today to describe electric charge were coined by Franklin? Next time.
如今，我們用來描述電荷的兩個基本術語都是富蘭克林創造的，你知道嗎？且聽下回分解。
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