on that clouds became electrified through the vaporization effect of water. He would not form a hypothesis of this because he was not sure if this was actually true but that was the only reason that he found could be the answer to his question. Franklin had Collinson publish his thought about electrical storms even though he did not know if they were actually true. He told all his readers to stay away from high points which seem to be vulnerable to electricity and told no one to take shelter underneath a tree. On October 1,1752, Franklin sent a letter to Collinson about one of his most famous experiments. Franklin flew a kite which he attracted electricity through it and this experiment was heard throughout the world. Franklins work was said to be by many, the greatest since the work of Sir Isaac Newton. Ben Franklin was presented the highest award of the Royal Society for his work he did with electricity.Franklin did not stop contributing his work to electricity after his award but actually went farther into his investigation. Franklin discovered that the clouds were mostly negative but were also positive, which meant that the earth often struck the clouds just as the clouds struck the earth. Franklin also noted in his experiments that a larger surface area could hold more of a charge than a lesser surface. Although many of Franklins experiments were very well explained, Franz Aepinus explained that the force of repulsion could be gotten rid of altogether. Aepinus introduced the revolutionary idea that in solids, liquids and gases the particles that Franklin called common matter would repel one another just as the particles of the electric fluid did. In the early days of his life, Franklin always had a passion for the see and had crossed the Atlantic eight times. Franklin was always perplexed by the difficulties of seamanship, ship design and the science of seas. One of Franklins first observations were that he heard of p...
