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title: "Who invented the Lightning Conductor?"  
description: "Who invented the Lightning Conductor?"  
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published: 2018-08-28  
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# Who invented the Lightning Conductor?

Who [invented the Lightning](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40809/who-invented-the-lightning-rod-bifocals-and-the-catheter) [Conductor](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49233/what-year-was-lightning-conductor-invented-and-how)?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

A **lightning rod** is the system's part of a **lightning secure** **system**. To accomplish its secure role, the lightning rod should be joint to the earth. Lightning rods can be **solid, hollow, rounded, pointed, flat strips, in appearance.**

A **lightning rod**, also known as a **lightning conductor**, is a **metal rod** that is installed on a structure to protect it from **lightning strikes**. If lightning strikes the structure, it will strike the rod first and be carried to the ground via a wire, rather than going through the structure, where it could cause a **fire or electrocution. Finials, air terminals, and strike termination devices** are all terms used to describe lightning rods.

All **lightning rods** have one thing in common: they're all comprised of conductive materials like **[copper](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51801/who-introduced-silver-tanka-and-copper-jital-coins)** and **aluminum**. The most frequent materials used in protective devices are **[copper](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51801/who-introduced-silver-tanka-and-copper-jital-coins)** and **[copper](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51801/who-introduced-silver-tanka-and-copper-jital-coins) [alloys](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51801/who-introduced-silver-tanka-and-copper-jital-coins)**.

![Who invented the Lightning Conductor?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/b318f9ca-3a73-4436-a1ca-9de3855b1934/images/a203087a-7318-4d44-9769-29aa158f795a.jpeg)**Benjamin Franklin** devised the pointed **lightning rod conductor**, also known as a **lightning attractor** or **Franklin** **rod**, in **1752** as part of his pioneering investigation of **[electricity](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94030/what-is-static-electricity-which-materials-can-be-charged-with-static-electricity)**. Franklin was the first to offer a system for testing his hypothesis, although not being the first to identify a link between [**electricity**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94030/what-is-static-electricity-which-materials-can-be-charged-with-static-electricity) and lightning.\

'The electrical fire would, I believe, be dragged out of a cloud silently, before it could come near enough to hit,' Franklin speculated, using an iron rod honed to a point. Before his alleged kite attempt, **Franklin** theorized on lightning rods for several years.


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