No. Franklin just proved that lightening was natural in nature with his kite experiment, but he did invent the lightening rod. Houses caught fire in the 1700's by lightening stikes, so he invented the lightening rod to be put on the roof of a house so it would get hit instead of the house. Edison will invent the light bulb in the late 1800's.
Benjamin Franklin didnt invented the " Lightning Arrestor".. Benjamn Franklin invented the Lightning Rod. It was summer of 1747 when he accidentally schocked himself while conducting some experiments with electricity. he was holding a rod. He then concluded that lightning and electricity are the same, he used the terms negative (-) and positive (+) to describe electricity .
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod in 1752,
Benjamin Franklin did not invent lightning, but he did invent the lightning rod in the year 1752.
He invented it in 1752.
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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.
The lightning Rod was not dicovered, it was invented. The way to use the lightning rod was discovered however. Ive done a lot of looking up on this subject but never found the name of the person responsible for inventing the lightning Rod.
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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.
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He wanted to see if lightning and electricity were the same.
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Lightning rod, Franklin stove, and bifocal glasses.
Lightning arrester or lightning rod is a rod paired with a conductor. The lightning arrester was invented by Benjamin Franklin in the late 1749.