The Blogof Comellas Rare Books2024-02-09T11:50:50+01:00Copyright 2004-2005Ublog Reload 1.0.5BENJAMIN French chauvinism is not really our thing, but let us face the fact that no one witnessed ...]]>https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=33#132017-06-29T16:08:35+01:002017-06-29T16:08:35+01:002017-06-29T16:08:35+01:00 French chauvinism is not really our thing, but let us face the fact that no one witnessed Franklin's experiment, while De Romas's was "peer-reviewed" !
De Romas's account of the whole controversy appears really solid ! Had he been a better self-publicist, he might have made it to the 100 $US bills ! But as the song goes: "it's all about the Benjamins" ! ]]>MORE (Th.) B. Franklin conducted his kite experiment in 1752, while De Romas conducted his in...1753: ...]]>https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=33#112017-06-28T17:54:10+01:002017-06-28T17:54:10+01:002017-06-28T17:54:10+01:00 B. Franklin conducted his kite experiment in 1752, while De Romas conducted his in...1753: how can you call him "the true inventor" ?