In 1752 Benjamin Franklin conducted the famous kite and key experiment. Mr. Franklin tied a silk string to a kite and a metal key to the end of the string and flew it up into a storm cloud. As the lighting struck the kite he felt an electric spark come from the metal key.
When this happened he had discovered that lightning was a form of electricity. This observation is what helped form what we know today as the lighting rod. This brings us back two years before the kite and key experiment.
Ben Franklin thought that lighting may be prevented by using an iron rod that was connected to the ground to soak up the static from the cloud. Franklin’s lighting rod is a metal rod used to attract the electricity from the lighting and increase the risk
When this happened he had discovered that lightning was a form of electricity. This observation is what helped form what we know today as the lighting rod. This brings us back two years before the kite and key experiment.
Ben Franklin thought that lighting may be prevented by using an iron rod that was connected to the ground to soak up the static from the cloud. Franklin’s lighting rod is a metal rod used to attract the electricity from the lighting and increase the risk