lightning rod
metal rod or metallic object to protect from lightning
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Summary
lightning rod ranks in the top 6% of components entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,038 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Benjamin Franklin[2]
- Physically interacts with: lightning[3]
- Subclass of: protective device[4], lightning protection[5], electrode[6]
- Has use: lightning protection[7], lightning rod fashion[8]
- Commons category: Lightning rods[9]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1752[10]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17]
- MCN code: 8535.40.10[18]
- Uses: Spitzenentladung[19]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Electrical engineering[20], WikiProject Technology[21]
- P14541: 3JsF6Z[22]
Why It Matters
lightning rod has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]