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Atmospheric electricity was discovered by

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Isaac Newton
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Michael Faraday
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Benjamin Franklin
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Thomas Edison
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The correct option is C Benjamin Franklin
Atmospheric electricity is the study of electrical charges in the earth's atmosphere. Benjamin Franklin discovered it. His experiments showed that electrical phenomenon of atmosphere were not fundamentally different from those produced in the laboratory by listing many similarities between electricity and lighting.

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