 Don't get shocked by a Leyden Battery of fifteen large jars
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Russ Edmonds
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Wed Jul 02 2014, 03:25PM
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This is taken from "Elements of Static Electricity" by Atkinson (1896).
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Antonio
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Moving on to turkeys, Franklin found them to be more of a challenge than chickens. On December 23, 1750, he finally held his turkey-shocking party though it didn't work out to well for the earnest Franklin. Whether because of being distracted by his guests or imbibing a little too much of his own wine, Franklin accidentally electrocuted himself. He later described it as "like a universal Blow throughout my whole Body from head to foot which seemed within as well as without." The shock left him dazed and his arms and neck being number for days afterward. He frankly admitted that a shock through his head might have killed him on the spot.
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