Ye Olde'Field• When Franklin published his findings, they created a sensation. He became known as “The Newton of Electricity.” But the pure scientist was also an inventor of useful things, among them: bifocals, the Franklin stove, the lightning rod, the copying press, and a device, believe it or not, for electrocuting (电刑) turkeys. Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment