A ranar 10 ga Mayu, 1752, Thomas-François Dalibard na Faransa ya gudanar da gwajin Franklin ta amfani da sandar ƙarfe mai tsayin ƙafa 40 (12 m) maimakon kite, kuma ya cire walƙiya mai walƙiya daga girgije. A ranar 15 ga Yuni, 1752, Franklin na iya gudanar da sanannun gwajin kite a Philadelphia, ya sami nasarar cire walƙiya daga girgije. Franklin ya bayyana gwajin a cikin Gazette na Pennsylvania 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 ƙarin asusun tare da cikakkun bayanai a cikin Tarihinsa na 1767 da kuma halin da ake ciki na Electricity.
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