to protect tall buildings . it consists of metal rod ending in spikes at top. the lower end of rod is attached to a copper plate buried deep in earth. if lightning does strike the building, it flows harmlessly to the earth through the metal rod' no damage is done to building
Lightning Conductor - film - was created in 1938.
The Lightning Conductor - 1914 was released on: USA: May 1914
A lightning rod is an electric conductor. Its purpose is to safely conduct the electrical charge from a lightning strike to the ground, thus protecting the structure it is attached to.
A down conductor is a metal rod or cable installed to safely conduct lightning strikes to the ground in structures like buildings or towers. It helps protect the building by dissipating the electrical charge and reducing the risk of damage from lightning strikes.
A conductor is metals... lightning is electricity.
Its not. Lightening is attracted to points of greatest electrostatic difference in charge. As peaks of electric potential are often found in the lower extremes of the geology it is often that such locations are water filled.
This is because a cathedral consist of a high up point. This point is very prone to being struck by lightening since it is usually one of the highest points around its location, and lightening strikes the thing that is closest to it. Having a safety lightening conductor is safer for the cathedral to prevent fires.
Benjamin Franklin
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it came about when Benjamin Franklin wanted to prove that lightning is electricity
Lightning arrester or lightning rod is a rod paired with a conductor. The lightning arrester was invented by Benjamin Franklin in the late 1749.