What device is the result of Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment?

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What device is the result of Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment?

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Franklin's kite experiment is a scientific research conducted by Benjamin Franklin in 1752, and aimed at proving the electrical nature of lightning. His operating protocol - flying a kite during a thunderstorm to make it strike by lightning - made him famous and made him the inventor of the lightning rod.