Site Represents a site. Prim Media 184 Show Point true End Date 1759 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Benjamin Franklin Plaque Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 144 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.341156,-2.793785; Description An account of the resource In 1759, during a visit to the city, the great American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) was awarded an Honorary Degree in Law from the University of St Andrews and was given the Freedom of the Burgh. At this time Franklin was resident in London as the representative of the Pennsylvania Assembly. The honorary degree was awarded to him in recognition of his work on electricity. In 1748 he had invented a new type of electric battery using sheets of glass sandwiched between lead plates. Hi most famous experiment was conducted in 1752, when he showed that lightening was electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm, by collecting some of the charge from the clouds in a battery connected to the kite. This was a very dangerous experiment, as Franklin could have been struck by lightning, although he was careful to stand on a sheet of material that did not conduct electricity to protect himself while flying the kite. In 2002 a plaque was unveiled on North Street to commemorate Franklin's visit to St Andrews. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1759 Subject The topic of the resource Natural Philosophy Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource eulac3d Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived history Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT