Draw the Lightning Down: Benjamin Franklin and Electrical Technology in the Age of Enlightenment
Michael Brian Schiffer explores Benjamin Franklin’s connection to electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment. Combining historical and scientific perspectives, this focused study considers Franklin’s place within a period of changing ideas about electricity, technology, and the development of modern scientific understanding.
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Draw the Lightning Down examines Benjamin Franklin in relation to electrical technology during the Age of Enlightenment.
The book connects Franklin’s place in history with the development and understanding of electricity.
It offers a focused exploration of science, technology, and Enlightenment-era thought.
Written by Michael Brian Schiffer, this work is suited to readers interested in Franklin, the history of science, and technological change.
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