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Detailed explanation-1: -Despite a common misconception, Benjamin Franklin did not discover electricity during this experiment-or at all, for that matter. Electrical forces had been recognized for more than a thousand years, and scientists had worked extensively with static electricity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest scientists of his time, he is credited for the invention of electricity with his experiments. Many scientists experimented with static electricity but Benjamin Franklin experimented and concluded that electricity has positive and negative elements.

Detailed explanation-3: -Benjamin Franklin’s Inventions In the 1740s, he conducted experiments that contributed to the understanding of electricity, and invented the lightning rod, which protected buildings from fires caused by lightning. In 1752, he conducted his famous kite experiment and demonstrated that lightning is electricity.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, he helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, he represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.