Download or read book Benjamin Franklin written by Beverley Birch and published by Forest House Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996-12-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man of imagination & scientific genius, his early experiments with electricity opened the way for harnessing electrical energy. He began by experimenting with static electricity, & progressed in 1752 to his famous kite in a thunderstorm experiment.