Ben Frankloon by Carl Barks

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Title:	Ben Frankloon by Carl Barks
Artist:	Carl Barks (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Watercolor
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	nfs
Views:	857
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Added to Site:	12/26/2015
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All-out action as old Ben gives his all for scientific research as Mrs. Ben tends to canning the produce. Painting 12-79 and one of three night scenes in his watercolor series entitled " Famous Figures of History As They Might Have Looked Had Their Genes Gotten Mixed With Waterfowl." Published in ANIMAL QUACKERS by Carl Barks, Gemstone Pub., Timonium MD., 1996.
"The kite experiment was a scientific experiment proposed and later possibly conducted by Benjamin Franklin. The experiment's purpose was to uncover then unknown facts about the nature of lightning and electricity.
In 1752, Franklin proposed an experiment with conductive rods to attract lightning to a Leyden jar, an early form of capacitor.
Franklin himself is said to have conducted the experiment in June 1752, supposedly on the top of the spire on Christ Church in Philadelphia. However, doubts have been expressed about whether the experiment was actually performed as the accounts were published in third person.
Franklin realized the dangers of using conductive rods and instead used a kite. The increased height allowed him to stay on the ground and the kite was less likely to electrocute him. According to the legend, Franklin kept the string of the kite dry at his end to insulate him while the rest of the string was allowed to get wet in the rain to provide conductivity. A house key was attached to the string and connected to a Leyden jar, which Franklin assumed would accumulate electricity from the lightning. The kite wasn't struck by visible lightning (had it done so, Franklin would almost certainly have been killed) but Franklin did notice that the strings of the kite were repelling each other and deduced that the Leyden jar was being charged. Franklin reportedly received a mild shock by moving his hand near the key afterwards, because as he had estimated, lightning had negatively charged the key and the Leyden jar, proving the electric nature of lightning." Information taken from Wikipedia. ---
First time I saw this painting I laughed and laughed! At about age ten I put my thumb into a light socket and flipped the switch, thereby increasing my knowledge.

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