Multiple choice general knowledge history

Lightning Conductor

  1. Elisha G. Otis

  2. Benjamin Franklin

  3. Rudolf Diesel

  4. Michael Faraday
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Explanation

Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning conductor (lightning rod) in 1752 to protect buildings from lightning strikes. Otis invented elevators, Diesel the diesel engine, and Faraday worked on electromagnetism.

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