Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Franklin ya wallafa wani tsari don gwaji don tabbatar da cewa walƙiya shine wutar lantarki ta hanyar tashi da kite a cikin hadari wanda ya bayyana yana iya zama hadari. A ranar 10 ga Mayu, 1752, Thomas-François Dalibard na Faransa ya gudanar da gwajin Franklin ta yin amfani da sandar ƙarfe mai tsawon ƙafa 40 (mita 12) maimakon kite, kuma ya cire walƙiya ta lantarki daga gajimare. A ranar 15 ga Yuni, 1752, Franklin wataƙila ya yi sanannen gwajinsa na kite a Philadelphia, ya yi nasarar cire walƙiya daga gajimare. Franklin ya bayyana gwajin a cikin Pennsylvania Gazette a ranar 19 ga Oktoba, 1752, ba tare da ambaton cewa shi da kansa ya yi shi ba. An karanta wannan asusun ga Royal Society a ranar 21 ga Disamba kuma an buga shi a cikin Philosophical Transactions. Joseph Priestley ya wallafa wani bayani da ke ɗauke da ƙarin bayani a littafinsa na History and Present Status of Electricity da ya wallafa a shekara ta 1767. Franklin ya yi hankali ya tsaya a kan insulator, yana bushewa a ƙarƙashin rufi don kauce wa haɗarin bugun lantarki. Sauran, kamar Farfesa Georg Wilhelm Richmann a Rasha, hakika an kashe su da wutar lantarki yayin yin gwaje-gwajen walƙiya a cikin watanni nan da nan bayan gwajin Franklin.  Tambaya: Wanene ya wallafa wannan shawara?
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