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Joseph Priestley

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The Footnote June 27, 2026 · Philadelphia

The Probably-Apocryphal 1752 Kite Experiment That Made Benjamin Franklin Internationally Famous

Benjamin Franklin's June 1752 kite-and-lightning experiment is one of the most-told stories in the history of science. The contemporary documentation is thin. Modern historians of science consider it possible that Franklin never actually performed it.

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The Cabinet June 27, 2026 · Birmingham

The Birmingham Dinner Club That Industrialised the World Between Bowls of Soup

The Lunar Society of Birmingham met about fourteen times a year between approximately 1765 and 1813, always on the Monday nearest the full moon (so members could ride home by moonlight). The members included James Watt, Matthew Boulton, Joseph Priestley, Erasmus Darwin, and Josiah Wedgwood. They built the Industrial Revolution in their spare time.

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