XPost: misc.news.internet.discuss   
   From: *@eli.users.panix.com   
      
   In misc.news.internet.discuss, JAB   wrote:   
   > On May 14, 1918, Nikola Tesla patented Lightning-Protector.   
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   > PIC of Patent   
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   https://patents.google.com/patent/US1266175   
      
   "Patented May 14, 1918 ... Application filed May 6, 1916": just over two   
   years to be granted.   
      
   The point appears to be "Don't use pointed rods, like Benjamin Franklin   
   invented, but use curved ones." Teslas look a bit like naked umbrellas.   
   Ball shaped tips are more popular these days.   
      
   Elijah   
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   lightning rods are hard to do A/B testing on   
      
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