Dr. Robert Allison
speaker
326 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3 Jul
Dr. Robert Allison’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Think about it.
If you're going to fly a kite when you're a man of a certain age and it looks like there's going to be a thunderstorm, you're probably not going to tell all of your neighbors, hey, I'm going to try to fly a kite.
They're going to think you really are loony.
So he doesn't tell anyone this.
They go out to fly the kite and nothing happens.
But then they see the bristles on the kite string start to stick out straight.
And then they see a spark.
He has a key tied with a silk thread to the kite string.
And the key starts to glow.
And then he holds up a knuckle to it and gets a small shock and then holds up his Leyden jar, as he says, collected the electrical fluid copiously.
So he has proven this to himself.
It's already been proven to the scientific world in Europe.
Right.
He goes to France because they know him in France.
They know his reputation.
In fact, even before he goes to France, he goes to Montreal because the Americans are trying to bring Canada into the cause.
So they send a couple of guys named Carol from Maryland and their advantage is they're Catholic.
And New England has been fighting against New France for about 80 years.
But they think, OK, we'll send a Catholic priest and his brother who are members of Congress, along with Franklin, because everyone loves Franklin.
So they go on a mission to Montreal.
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