___________ said, "matter can be broken down into very small particles."

Dalton

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Sir. J. J. Thomson

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Rutherford

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Kanad

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The correct option is D Kanad
One of the earliest attempts to understand the structure of matter was made by Maharishi Kanad, an Indian sage who lived around 6th century BC. According to him, if matter is broken into smaller and smaller pieces, a stage will come when the matter cannot be broken further

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