Franklin is mostly known for his Kite experiment, creating electric wires. That one is just as much important. The ringing Bells. It's like a Telephone with the wires and the sound. In Science Fiction it became the Time Machine, Glocke. Time Clock and Bell are always linked.
The ball did not stop until there was spark in the Wimshust machine to eliminate the voltage. Does this mean the ball will continue if you do not create that spark?