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Benjamin Franklin is the likely inventor.
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.
George Washington
A conductor is metals... lightning is electricity.
Ben Franklin
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.