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Source-reviewed versions of Terra’s three published articles. Read about electrical safety, the history of lightning rods and lightning-caused wildfires.
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
Grounding beyond the third wire
Understand the difference between system and equipment grounding and why a continuous path matters for electrical safety.
Read article HISTORYBenjamin Franklin and the development of the lightning rod
A sourced account of Franklin’s 1752 experiments, the earlier French demonstration and the development of lightning rods.
Read article NATURE AND LIGHTNINGHow lightning can start forest fires
Learn how lightning can ignite dry vegetation and why rainfall, humidity and wind matter to wildfire risk.
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