lightning rod

metal rod or metallic object to protect from lightning
class components Q7973
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lightning rod

Summary

lightning rod ranks in the top 6% of components entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,111 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lightning rod is credited with the discovery of Benjamin Franklin[2].
  • lightning rod's physically interacts with is recorded as lightning[3].
  • lightning rod is a type of protective device[4].
  • lightning rod is a type of lightning protection[5].
  • lightning rod is a type of electrode[6].
  • lightning rod is used for lightning protection[7].
  • lightning rod is used for lightning rod fashion[8].
  • lightning rod's Commons category is recorded as Lightning rods[9].
  • lightning rod's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1752[10].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[12].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • lightning rod's MCN code is recorded as 8535.40.10[18].
  • lightning rod's uses is recorded as Q2311521[19].
  • lightning rod's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Electrical engineering[20].
  • lightning rod's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Technology[21].
  • lightning rod's P14541 is recorded as 3JsF6Z[22].

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Works and Contributions

lightning rod is credited with the discovery of Benjamin Franklin[2].

Why It Matters

lightning rod ranks in the top 6% of components entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,111 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Treisijs · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Electrical engineering, WikiProject Technology
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6104]]: [[Q14554993]]"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3JsF6Z
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 14w ago · Legonin · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Larousse id → divers/wd/76885
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6058]]: divers/wd/76885"
  4. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → lightning-rod
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: lightning-rod, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941114|lightning rod (#289941114)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  5. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003189-hromosvody
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0003189-hromosvody, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vikidia article id → —
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → lynavleder
    Psh id → —
    Time of discovery or invention → +1752-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 72 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007530203105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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