#electricity

Stories tagged “electricity” in the Weird Science History archive — 5 stories connected by this topic.

• From Ringing Church Bells to Lightning-Rod Hats: A Short History of the Lightning Rod
• The £50-a-Night Electric Bed That Promised Couples a Baby
• The Turkey Benjamin Franklin Tried to Electrocute — and Shocked Himself Instead
• The Abbé Who Shocked 200 Monks in a Line a Mile Long to Time the Speed of Electricity
• From Frog Legs to Lithium: A Short History of the Battery

Related topics: #18th century #Benjamin Franklin #history of physics #Leyden jar #18th-century London #battery #capacitors #Celestial Bed