Franklin - Conquer the fire god

Photos of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin

After Franklin's wife knew that he had done the experiment, he was very afraid to tell him: "Lightning is a fire of fire, why dare you take the light of God to do the experiment? Perhaps you are bringing the painting to whole house? "

Franklin knew that his wife was a faithful believer of God, she believed in the "Bible", if he told her the thunderbolt was not God making negative and positively charged clouds meet. surely she will never believe.

So Franklin only comforted her with a few sentences and returned to her reading room, starting to paint her lightning protection device.

At dinner, Franklin told me about its design and principles. Although the son is also deeply influenced by religion, the experiment this afternoon showed him that lightning is not "God of Fire" as people say, but only a natural phenomenon. So he agreed with his father's ideas.

Franklin's wife felt so worried, she said:

"Grandpa, do you want to harm me and the whole family?"

"No, no, my grandmother, how can I do that?" - Franklin said as if nothing had happened

"Didn't you just tell me to bring the fire spirit home? You despise God, aren't you provoking him?"

Franklin happily told his wife, "Never, my grandmother, don't you always believe me? Please continue to believe in me. I not only do not cause trouble but also bring happiness to everyone."

"Happy, he lives happily for everyone?" - The news seller looked at her husband suspiciously - "Okay, just don't insult me ​​to the Emperor, not to cause trouble."

Franklin nodded affirmatively.

To erase his wife's doubts, he decided to do a lightning experiment in the house, he went to the smithy near the house to make a 3 meter long iron bar, placed on top of the chimney. He tied a metal wire to the iron bar's leg. All the fears of metal wire contacting the house, he had to thread it through a glass tube.

He put the metal wire down the stairs to the middle of the house, eventually connecting it to a metal water pump. The water pump connects to the ground, so electricity and water lead from the chimney down to the ground.

He split the two pieces of metal wire above the stairs close to his room in two down conductors. On each string he had a small bell, hung in two bells of two small bronze balls. Everything went smoothly. Two father and son fled on the roof of the house, and went down the stairs, laughing and laughing, saying it was fun to pick up your precious.

The young girl, though not involved in her father's job, also runs around with her father and brother. Only his wife was anxious to monitor the father and son, not knowing what magic they were doing.

One afternoon, Franklin and his family were sitting and drinking tea, suddenly a thunderstorm came and dust and dirt flew, darkening, signaling a rain coming soon.

A bolt of lightning lit up the sky.

Binh bong! Binh bong! The sound of the bell rang.

What is that sound? Where's the bell? "- Mrs. Franklin asked in surprise.

Mr. Franklin said happily: "That's the effect of lightning!"

If it was a flash, then a small bronze ball on the string would constantly swing to the sides, so the bell would sound deafening.

One night when the whole family was asleep, suddenly there was a loud thunderstorm outside the house, sounding like an explosion that woke the whole family up. Franklin rushed to the bedroom to look, only to see the continuous glint of cool light running between two small bells.

That bright white path is electric light

Franklin said: "This is the thunderbolt that hit the top of our house, it runs over here and goes straight to the ground. If I don't install that metal bar, our house has been damaged by lightning."

"Really?" - Franklin's wife and daughter were very surprised and asked him.

"That's right" - he said and hugged his son to kiss him lovingly.

"This metal bar can be called a lightning rod," said the smart daughter.

"It's just that small compared to the big house, so it is called the lightning rod" - he said to his daughter with a smile.

"Yes Yes!" - The little girl clapped her hands in applause and said - "The lightning rod, the lightning rod, my father invented the lightning rod! It can conquer the Fire God".

" Can today not be done until tomorrow "
--- Franklin ---
----------------------------
Back: " Franklin - Kite and lightning "