An Entertainment for Angels: Electricity in the Enlightenment World War II Fiction Arc de Triomphe

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An Entertainment for Angels: Electricity in the Enlightenment World War II Fiction Arc de TriompheElectricity was the scientific fashion of the Enlightenment 'an Entertainment for Angels, rather than for Men'. Lecturers attracted huge audiences to marvel at sparkling fountains, flaming drinks and electrified boys. Optimists predicted that this new found power of nature would cure illnesses, improve crop production, even bring the dead back to life. Benjamin Franklin one of America's founding fathers, celebrated for drawing lightning down from the