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It is when you walk outside holding a Golf club or other metal object during a thunderstorm. Place the handle end of the golf cloub into the ground away from trees and your house. Move at least twenty feet away and watch.
P.S. for a more exciting experiment hold the golf club in your hand.
P.S.S Just joking about the P.S.
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What were Ben Franklin's top 5 inventions?
bifocals, lightning rod, flippers,
What is the function of the rods?
A lightning rod (US, AUS) or lightning conductor(UK) is a metal rod or metallic object mounted on top of a building, electrically bonded using a wire or electrical conductor to interface with ground or "earth" through an electrode, engineered to protect the building in the event oflightning strike. If lightning hits the building it will preferentially strike the rod and be conducted to ground through the wire, instead of passing through the building, where it could start a fire or cause electrocution.A lightning rod is a single component in a lightning protection system. Lightning rods are also called finials, air terminals or strike termination devices. The lighting rod requires a connection to earth to perform its protective function. Lightning rods come in many different forms, including hollow, solid, pointed, rounded, flat strips or even bristle brush-like. The main attribute of all lightning rods is they are conductive.
What was everything Benjamin Franklin invented?
He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'.
Why did Ben Franklin invent the lighting rod?
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
What did Benjamin kranklin invent?
Benjamin Franklin was president from 1785 to 1788. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a catheter, and a glass harmonica.
Who is noted for scientific achievements on electricity and his kite experiment to study lightning which lead to his invention of the lightning rod?
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod.
Why did Benjamin Franklin do his lightning rod experiment?
He wanted to see if lightning and electricity were the same.
Who invented lighnting rods?
Ben Franklin created The Lightning Rod after his other kite-in-a-lightning-storm experiment.
Where did benjamin franklin get his idea for the lightning rod?
His kite-in-a-lightning-storm experiment, and most likely after witnessing what happens to buildings that are struck by lightning.
What did benjamen invent?
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How powerful is a lightning rod?
A lightning rod is designed to attract and divert a lightning bolt and has no power of its own
How can I be struck by lightning?
hold a lightning rod up to the sky while lightning is striking
How much is insurance for a lightning rod?
I do not think you would need to insure an lightning rod.
When lightning hits a lightning rod where does the lightning go?
The ground
What impact did the invention of lightning rod have on society?
The lightning rod enabled people to have a system that prevented their house from being struck by lightning. It is a metal rod that prevented lightning from striking. Instead of striking the target it bounced off the rod and into the ground.
Who is the inventor of lightning rod?
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.
Who invented lightning arrester?
Lightning arrester or lightning rod is a rod paired with a conductor. The lightning arrester was invented by Benjamin Franklin in the late 1749.
