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Isaacson: He kept saying,
"We have to find useful things to do with this electricity." He said one of the only useful
things in his first year of experiments was that
he would get shocked and knock him down; and he said,
"Electricity was useful for making
a vain person humble." Narrator: As his studies
turned more serious, and he began documenting
his observations, he came up with new terms
to describe electricity's mysterious
properties
"We have to find useful things to do with this electricity." He said one of the only useful
things in his first year of experiments was that
he would get shocked and knock him down; and he said,
"Electricity was useful for making
a vain person humble." Narrator: As his studies
turned more serious, and he began documenting
his observations, he came up with new terms
to describe electricity's mysterious
properties
Full Transcript
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Isaacson: He kept saying,
"We have to find useful things
00:00:04.537 --> 00:00:06.972
to do with this electricity."
00:00:07.002 --> 00:00:09.001
He said one of the only useful
things in his first year
00:00:09.042 --> 00:00:12.012
of experiments was that
he would get shocked
00:00:12.045 --> 00:00:14.879
and knock him down; and he said,
"Electricity was useful
00:00:14.914 --> 00:00:17.713
for making
a vain person humble."
00:00:17.075 --> 00:00:20.072
Narrator: As his studies
turned more serious,
00:00:20.753 --> 00:00:23.689
and he began documenting
his observations,
00:00:23.723 --> 00:00:25.885
he came up with new terms
to describe
00:00:25.925 --> 00:00:28.724
electricity's mysterious
properties.
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Movie Summary
Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
