Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What scientist invented the lightning conductor

  1. Albert Einstein

  2. Marie Curie

  3. Isaac Newton

  4. Benjamin Franklin
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Explanation

Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning conductor (lightning rod) in 1752 through his famous kite experiment demonstrating lightning's electrical nature. This invention protects buildings by safely conducting lightning strikes to the ground. Franklin was a polymath scientist, not primarily known for physics like Einstein or Newton.

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