Sites, artigos e livros:

1. A autobiografia de Benjamin Franklin. Texto Integral. Editora Martin Claret. 2005.

2. “Benjamin Franklin Resources”. The Franklin Institute: https://www.fi.edu/en/benjamin-franklin-resources

3. Nancy Gupton. “Benjamin Franklin and the Kite Experiment”. The Franklin Institute. 2017: https://www.fi.edu/en/benjamin-franklin/kite-key-experiment

4. Franklin's Lightning Rod. The Franklin Institute. 2017: https://www.fi.edu/en/history-resources/franklins-lightning-rod

5. Biography.com Editors. Benjamin Franklin Biography.2020: https://www.biography.com/political-figures/benjamin-franklin

6. Bellis, Mary. (2021, February 16). “Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, Inventor, Statesman”: https://www.thoughtco.com/story-of-benjamin-franklin-1989852

7. Bellis, Mary. (2021, February 16). “Inventions and Scientific Achievements of Benjamin Franklin”: https://www.thoughtco.com/scientific-achievements-of-benjamin-franklin-1991821

8. Nicholas Bakalar. “One of the Luckiest Lightning Strikes Ever Recorded”. The new York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/science/lightning-rod-video.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

9. Christopher McFadden. “7 of the Most Important of Ben Franklin's Accomplishments”. Interesting engineering. 2019: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/7-of-the-most-important-of-ben-franklins-accomplishments

10. Carsten Heinisch. “1752: Benjamin Franklin inventa o para-raios”. DW: https://www.dw.com/pt-br/1752-benjamin-franklin-inventa-o-para-raios/a-314478

11. The Electric Ben Franklin. Benjamin Franklin Timeline: 1741 -1790: https://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/timeline2.htm

12. Carl Van Doren. The Electric Ben Franklin. An Account of the Kite Experiment. 1938: https://www.ushistory.org/franklin/science/kite.htm

13. The Electric Ben Franklin. How Franklin Made His Kite: https://www.ushistory.org/franklin/science/kite2.htm

14. The Electric Ben Franklin. For Whom the Bells Toll: https://www.ushistory.org/franklin/science/kite3.htm

15. The Electric Ben Franklin. Lightning Rod: https://www.ushistory.org/franklin/science/lightningrod.htm

16. Leitura recomendada: Isaacson, Walter. "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life." New York, Simon and Schuster, 2003.

17. Ruptura dielétrica. Unicamp: https://www.ifi.unicamp.br/~lunazzi/F530_F590_F690_F809_F895/F809/F809_sem1_2010ate100715/FredericoC-Monica-Ref2.pdf

18. ELAT – Grupo de Eletricidade Atmosférica. “Energia total de um raio”: http://www.inpe.br/webelat/homepage/menu/relamp/relampagos/energia.total.php

19. G. F. Leal Ferreira. “Um Cálculo Aproximado do Poder das Pontas”. Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física. 2002: SCIELO. https://www.scielo.br/j/rbef/a/5whQYhjHYZj3jzP7yZs9bKS/?lang=pt

20. USP. Capítulo 02 Eletrostática – Distribuição da Eletricidade nos Condutores. CEPA-USP. http://www.cepa.if.usp.br/e-fisica/eletricidade/basico/cap02/cap2_05.php

Vídeos e documentários sobre o assunto:

1. HISTORY. Benjamin Franklin's Biggest Secrets | 10 Things You Don't Know About (S1, E1) | Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P0o3mKCsIk

2. HISTORY. Web Originals : Ask History: Ben Franklin and his Kite | History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5mzFb2hhHY

3. Canal History Brasil. Invenções de Franklin | MISTÉRIOS E LENDAS DA HISTÓRIA | HISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoJ9i--HQfg

4. Canal History Brasil. HISTORY. Franklin e eletricidade | MISTÉRIOS E LENDAS DA HISTÓRIA | HISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK9JKen8mn4

5. Canal History Brasil. O experimento da pipa | MISTÉRIOS E LENDAS DA HISTÓRIA | HISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f7KsFqDiTo

6. Agência FAPESP. Imagem produzida por câmera ultrarrápida mostra como funcionam os para-raios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOJd5vOojPE

7. Agência FAPESP. Pesquisadores do Inpe desvendam por que os raios se ramificam e piscam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsCNHDfr8u0

8. UFPR TV: o canal da Universidade Federal do Paraná. Fibra - Poder das Pontas (04/05/16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiQoXAKC_9A

9. BlaBlaLogia. Para-raios e o poder das pontas | Pergunte à Física #13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6rgvmXmkhA

Consultas realizadas na wikipedia, com muito bom senso é claro:

1. Raio (meteorologia): https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raio_(meteorologia)

2. Poder das pontas: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poder_das_pontas

3. Rigidez dielétrica: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigidez_diel%C3%A9trica#cite_note-1

4. Benjamin Franklin: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

5. Para-raios: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para-raios

6. Thomas-François Dalibard: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas-Fran%C3%A7ois_Dalibard

Entre tantas outras pesquisas que não lembrei de anotar aqui. Acredito que com estas referências, já consigo dar uma direcionada em quem tiver interesse de pesquisar sobre o tema.

A maioria das imagens e vídeos estão em domínio público, são autorais de Invenções na História ou são cortesia de:

1. Met Museum, Wellcome Collection, Library of Congress, Pexels, Wikimedia Commons

2. [Crédito: Anton Kudryashov/Pexels]. Foto by Anton Kudryashov: https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/foto/nuvem-panorama-vista-paisagem-12372778/

3. [Crédito: Library of Congress]. P.S. Duval & Son, P. & Queen, J. F. (ca. 1857) Christ Church, Germantown, Phila. / J. Queen del.; Sl. Sloan Archt. ; P.S. Duval & Son's lith., Phila. Pennsylvania Philadelphia, ca. 1857. [Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son's lith] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010651265/

4. [Crédito: Met Museum]. Franklin's Experiment, June 1752 – Demonstrating the identity of Lightning and Electricity, from which he invented the Lightning Rod. Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907): https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/850664

5. [Crédito: Met Museum]. Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790). The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436236

6. [Crédito: Сергей Леденёв/Pexels]. Photo by Сергей Леденёв: https://www.pexels.com/photo/lightning-strike-on-the-sky-8956453/

7. [Crédito: Library of Congress]. Franklin. , None. [Berlin: grünthal's kunst stickmuster-verlag in berlin, between 1842 and 1852] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688873/

8. [Crédito: Wellcome Collection]. Electricity: an electro-static machine charging three Leyden Jars. Engraving. Licence. Public Domain Mark: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/yf744mph/images?id=c67xu3ke

9. [Crédito: Wellcome Collection]. The British Museum in Montague House: the Russell Street facade. Coloured aquatint. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/z77c3bfc/images?id=wpgggme3

10. [Crédito: Wellcome Collection]. Credit: Gentlemen gathering for a joyful celebration after a foxhunt. Engraving by C. Warren after L. Clennell. Public Domain Mark: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/acqdmufs/images?id=uufyqm8r

11. [Crédito: SpaceX/Pexels]. Foto by SpaceX: https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/foto/aco-agua-ao-ar-livre-arquitetura-586070/

12. [Crédito: Lucas Pezeta/Pexels]. Photo by Lucas Pezeta: https://www.pexels.com/photo/modern-apartment-building-8588507/

13. [Crédito: Wikimedia]. Us dollar 100 front.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Usdollar100front.jpg

14. [Crédito: Library of Congress]. Trademark registration by B. F. Hanes for Benjamin Franklin Tobacco brand Smoking and Plug Chewing Tobacco, Cigars, and Cigarettes, 1886. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020707789/

15. [Crédito: US Capitol/wikimedia]. Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Declaration_of_Independence_(1819),_by_John_Trumbull.jpg

Vídeos utilizados:

1. [Crédito: Viktoria B./Pexels]. Vídeo by Viktoria B.: https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/video/atmosfera-nuvens-sombrio-escuro-5116864/

2. [Crédito: Kostas Exarhos/Pexels]. Vídeo by Kostas Exarhos: https://www.pexels.com/video/time-lapse-of-a-thunderstorm-at-night-10651140/