Comment by ck2

now go blow your mind with the first known conversion of electrical to mechanical energy via "Franklin Bells"

TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE years ago

in 1752, wow

(but they had no idea why it worked)

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_bells

Before the storm, the device would ring to remind Franklin, who had been obsessed with the study of lightning, urging him to chase the lightning

ha "chase the lightning" needs to be a catchphrase