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Breno Arsioli Moura – Science & Education, 2024
In 1752, the American polymath Benjamin Franklin supposedly flew a kite near the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to confirm that lightning had the same properties of common electricity that electrical machines produced and Leyden jars served to store. Illustrations, vignettes and paintings frequently portray the famous experiment, showing…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Experiments, Illustrations, Content Analysis
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Barkin, Steve M.; Levy, Mark R. – Journalism Quarterly, 1983
Reports that the New York "Times" and the Washington "Post" correct relatively few mistakes and that most corrections are of objective mistakes. (FL)
Descriptors: Editing, Error Patterns, Journalism, Media Research