WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - When Benjamin Franklin fashioned the first lightning rod in the 1750s following his famous experiment flying a kite with a key attached during a thunderstorm ...

Benjamin Franklin is credited with inventing the lightning rod, and for some 270 years it has remained the main tool for protecting buildings from destructive and potentially deadly thunderbolts.

fiery destruction—thanks to the skyscraper’s sophisticated lightning protection system based on the designs of Benjamin Franklin. But did Franklin really originate the concept of a lightning ...

On this day in history, June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin reportedly flew a ... going on to perfect his lightning rod invention, The Franklin Institute notes. "In 1753, he received the prestigious ...

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Indeed, all the British king’s horses and all the king’s men were no match for Ben Franklin, truly a lightning rod for transcendent change in America. Ah, yes. The lightning rod. In the 1740s ...