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  2. Lightning rod - Wikipedia

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    Lightning striking the lightning rod of the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. A lightning rod or lightning conductor (British English) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it is most likely to strike the rod and be conducted to ground through a wire ...

  3. Roy Sullivan - Wikipedia

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    Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was an American park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was claimed to have been struck by lightning on seven occasions, surviving all of them. For this reason, he gained the nicknames "Human Lightning Conductor" and "Human Lightning ...

  4. Franklin's electrostatic machine - Wikipedia

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    Franklin's electrostatic machine is a high-voltage static electricity - generating device used by Benjamin Franklin in the mid-18th century for research into electrical phenomena. Its key components are a glass globe which turned on an axis via a crank, a cloth pad in contact with the spinning globe, a set of metal needles to conduct away the ...

  5. William Snow Harris - Wikipedia

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    Plymouth, Devon, England. Died. 22 January 1867. (1867-01-22) (aged 75) Occupation (s) solicitor and physician. Sir William Snow Harris (1 April 1791 – 22 January 1867) was a British physician and electrical researcher, [ 1] nicknamed Thunder-and-Lightning Harris, [ 2] and noted for his invention of a successful system of lightning conductors ...

  6. Franklin bells - Wikipedia

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    The lightning rod consists of a metal rod or conductor, typically made of copper or aluminum, that is mounted on the roof of a building and connected to the ground by means of a conductive wire. When lightning strikes, the rod provides a path of least resistance for the electrical charge, allowing it to be safely conducted to the ground rather ...

  7. Utility pole - Wikipedia

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    A pair of shoes can be seen hanging from the wires (center-left, far right) A utility pole is a column or post, usually made out of wood or aluminum alloy, [ 1 ] used to support overhead power lines and various other public utilities, such as electrical cable, fiber optic cable, and related equipment such as transformers and street lights.

  8. List of surviving Lockheed P-38 Lightnings - Wikipedia

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    P-38L 44-53232 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The Lockheed P-38 Lighting is an American two-engine fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 10,037 planes built, 26 survive today, 22 of which are located in the United States, and 10 of which are airworthy.

  9. Tesla coil - Wikipedia

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    A spark gap (SG) that acts as a switch in the primary circuit. The Tesla coil (L1, L2), an air-core double-tuned resonant transformer, which generates the high output voltage. Optionally, a capacitive electrode (top load) (E) in the form of a smooth metal sphere or torus attached to the secondary terminal of the coil.