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 (585 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lightning rod is credited with the discovery of Benjamin Franklin[2].
  • lightning rod's image is recorded as CN Tower struck by lightning-Edit(Taxi).jpg[3].
  • lightning rod's physically interacts with is recorded as lightning[4].
  • lightning rod's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh98003376[5].
  • lightning rod's subclass of is recorded as protective device[6].
  • lightning rod's subclass of is recorded as lightning protection[7].
  • lightning rod's subclass of is recorded as electrode[8].
  • lightning rod's has use is recorded as lightning protection[9].
  • lightning rod's has use is recorded as lightning rod fashion[10].
  • lightning rod's Commons category is recorded as Lightning rods[11].
  • lightning rod's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 48971[12].
  • lightning rod's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1752-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • lightning rod's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0135nr[14].
  • lightning rod's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph120863[15].
  • lightning rod's PSH ID is recorded as 2249[16].
  • lightning rod's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 444211[17].
  • lightning rod's Iconclass notation is recorded as 26E21[18].
  • lightning rod's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0129635[19].
  • lightning rod's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0199078[20].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[21].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[22].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
  • lightning rod's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[26].

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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 (585 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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