ipl-logo

How Did Benjamin Franklin Protected Lightning

180 Words1 Pages
Benjamin Franklin’s idea that protected lightning from striking and burning people’s homes was the idea of a lightning rod. Franklin discovered this idea by realizing that lightning and electricity were the same thing.Franklin used this idea to create the lightning rod because he knew that an electric current flowed and if it hit the houses it could cause them to burn so Franklin created something that could control or create a path for the current that would stop the house from being damaged. The lightning rod consists of the rod with a pointed top that is put on the top of a house and a cable that has a path to a grounding rod beneath the earth. If lightning were to strike the rod the current would flow straight into the ground because of
Open Document