| 单词 | electric kite |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselectric kite electric kite n. now historical a kite of the kind used by Benjamin Franklin in 1752 to show that lightning is an electrical phenomenon, having a wire on it to attract lightning. ΚΠ 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 565 (title) A letter of Benjamin Franklin, Esq; to Mr. Peter Collinson, F.R.S. concerning an electrical Kite.] 1885 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22 161 [At a meeting of the Society held in 1788] Franklin presented..an engraving of the Duke of Chaulnes' improvement of Franklin's Electric Kite. 1941 C. A. Woodward Ploughs & Politicks xiv. 225 When Benjamin Franklin flew his electric kite on a pasture lot in Philadelphia, he little thought that future generations would associate his name with this simple experiment. 1988 Osiris 4 122 They attended the weekly lectures at which experiments were performed... Even air balloons and electric kites were flown. < as lemmas |
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