 | Theodore Hornberger - Biography & Autobiography - 50 pages
...him from a cloud. If any danger to the man should be apprehended (tho' I think there would be none) let him stand on the floor of his box, and now and...strike from the rod to the wire, and not affect him." Franklin constructs his hypothesis, with its usefulness firmly in mind, from careful observation of... | |
 | William S. Knickerbocker - Science - 1927 - 410 pages
...from a cloud. If any danger to the man should be apprehended (though I think there would be none), let him stand on the floor of his box, and now and then bring near to the rod the loop of wire that has one end fastened to the leads, he holding it by a wax handle, so the sparks, if the rod... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1896 - 1058 pages
...from a cloud. "If any danger to the man should be apprehended (though I think there would be none), let him stand on the floor of his box, and now and...strike from the rod to the wire and not affect him."* The experiment suggested by Franklin was successfully performed in Marly (France), by U'Alibard, on... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1896 - 1060 pages
...from a cloud. "If any danger to the man should be apprehended (though I think there would be none), let him stand on the floor of his box, and now and...holding it by a wax handle, so the sparks, if the rod is electrilied, will strike from the rod to the wire and not affect him."2 The experiment suggested by... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1896 - 1064 pages
...apprehended (though I think there would be none), let him stand on the floor of his box. and now ¡nul then bring near to the rod the loop of a wire that...rod is electrified, will strike from the rod to the wive and not affect him." 2 The experiment suggested by Franklin was successfully performed in Marly... | |
 | James Campbell - Printers - 1999 - 322 pages
...the person himself would not become charged but would simply connect up the rod with a grounded wire: "let him stand on the Floor of his Box, and now and...one End fastened to the Leads; he holding it by a Wax-Handle. So the Sparks, if the Rod is electrified, will Strike from the Rod to the Wire and not... | |
 | James Campbell - Printers - 1999 - 316 pages
...the Rod, the Loop of a Wire, that has one End fastened to the Leads; he holding it by a Wax-Handle. So the Sparks, if the Rod is electrified, will Strike from the Rod to the Wire and not affect him" (4:19-20). Franklin's proposal was published as part of the Experiments and Observations in April 1751;... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 607 pages
...to him from the cloud. If any danger to the man be apprehended (though I think there would be none) let him stand on the floor of his box, and now and...fastened to the leads; he holding it by a wax handle [ie, insulating him from it]. So the sparks, if the rod is electrified, will strike from the rod to... | |
 | Tom Tucker - History - 2009 - 321 pages
...the rod, the loop of a wire, that has one end fastened to the leads; he holding it by a wax-handle. So the sparks, if the rod is electrified, will strike from the rod to the wire and not affect him." In 1750, leads didn't refer to electrical wires conveying electricity. The electrical meaning didn't... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 628 pages
...that has one end fastened to the leads; he holding it by a wax handle [ie, insulating him from it]. So the sparks, if the rod is electrified, will strike from the rod to the wire and not affect him. Franklin's one mistake was thinking that there would be no danger, as at least one European experimenter... | |
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If any danger to the man should be apprehended (though I think there would be none), let him stand on the floor of his box, and now and then bring near to the rod the loop of a wire that has one end fastened to the leads, he holding it by a wax handle... 
