Franklin vs Nollet: is electricity a force to harness or a wonder to marvel at?
FRANKLIN vs NOLLET go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.
I flew a kite into a thundercloud and proved lightning is nothing but electric fire, then bolted a rod to the roof to send it harmlessly to earth.
And I made two hundred monks jump in unison from a single Leyden jar before the King of France - electricity is a marvel to be witnessed, not merely bled off into the mud.
Marvels burn steeples down, Abbé; my rods have saved more churches than your dancing monks ever amused.
Perhaps, Monsieur - but you tamed the thunder into a chimney, while I let all of Versailles feel the lightning in their bones.
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