it was made so that there is an easier way for the lightning to reach the ground. If it wasn't invented, the lighting could hit people as an easier way down or cars, buildings e.t.c
bifocals, lightning rod, flippers,
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'.
Electricity -1752 by Benjamin Franklin and the lightening rod
Yes, the overall density would be less than if the rod were pure metal.
Yes.
in 1774
1586
Yes.
Ben Franklin invented the lighting rod and helped start the Philadelphia fire department.
He invented it by accident when flying a kite in a thunderstorm
Klebervaldo Chattanooga Patropherson, in Niamey, Niger in the November of the year 1879.
Benjamin Franklin did not invent the lightning rod, but he did popularize its use through his experiments with electricity in the mid-1700s. The lightning rod was actually invented by the American scientist and statesman, Benjamin Franklin.
Ben Franklin invented the Lighting Rod,Bifocals,Frankiln Stove,Carriage Odometer and the Glass Armonica.
The answer is plainly the Lightning Rod. or was it plastic or rubber
for protection
lightning rod