Experiment on the nature of electricity: the French naturalist Thomas-François Dalibard carries out Benjamin Franklin's experiment at Marly-la-Ville using an iron rod and demonstrates the presence of electricity in storm clouds. 10 May 1752 Illustration from "Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes" written by Louis Figuier and published in 1867 by Furne, Jouvet et Cie.

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