Benjamin Franklin and Lightning Rods

@article{Krider2006BenjaminFA,
  title={Benjamin Franklin and Lightning Rods},
  author={Edmund Philip Krider},
  journal={Physics Today},
  year={2006},
  volume={59},
  pages={42-48},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:110623159}
}
  • E. Krider
  • Published 2006
  • Physics, History
  • Physics Today
Franklin’s work on electricity and lightning earned him worldwide fame and respect—ideal assets for brokering aid from France during the American Revolution. 
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