Ben Franklin's invention of the lightning rod and his revelation of the mysterious workings of lightning and thunder made him one of the foremost scientists of his day. As Dray, who won the Robert F.

Benjamin Franklin fled Boston at 17 and found in Philadelphia the freedom, opportunity, and intellectual energy he couldn’t find anywhere ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan says the 1772 Maryland State House was saved from lightning “by a 208-year-old original Ben Franklin lightning rod.” The nation’s oldest State House was hit by lightning Friday ...

In the mid-18th century, Benjamin Franklin helped elucidate the nature of lightning and endorsed the protective value of lightning rods. And yet, a hundred years later, much of the public remained ...

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