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He didn't. Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning was made of electricity, among other things. the light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison, nearly 100 years later.
no he invented the rocking chair itself and it swatted flies because of the back and forth motion instead of sitting still
Alexander Stepanovich Popov invented lighting detection in 1894. It detects the likelihood that lightning will strike at a point in time during a thunderstorm.
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Benjamin Franklin is the likely inventor.
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Lightning arrester or lightning rod is a rod paired with a conductor. The lightning arrester was invented by Benjamin Franklin in the late 1749.
Lightning rod and glass harmonica
Benjamin Franklin was president from 1785 to 1788. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a catheter, and a glass harmonica.
He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'.
He invented bifocals and the lightning rod.
Benjamin Franklin invented several things in his times, such as the Poor Richard's Almanac, bifocals, and the lightning rod. He was American.
One inventor of the lightning rod was Benjamin Franklin. Another was a German priest, Diwisch. Both appear to have made their inventions in the same decade, around 1753. See "Who Really Invented The Lightning Rod?", The Electrical Review, volume 32, 10Feb1893, p.146.