Was there a time when fashionable ladies wore
lightning rods?
Yes, and we have Benjamin Franklin to thank for it. Ladies in Europe took to wearing lightning rods on their hats and trailing a ground wire - a fad that began after Benjamin Franklin published instructions on how to make them, in his almanac, Poor Richard Improved, in 1753.
Yes, and we have Benjamin Franklin to thank for it. Ladies in Europe took to wearing lightning rods on their hats and trailing a ground wire - a fad that began after Benjamin Franklin published instructions on how to make them, in his almanac, Poor Richard Improved, in 1753.
Charles Mims
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