Who proposed the idea that charged particles have electrical influence in space around them?

Isaac Newton

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Benjamin Franklin

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Michael Faraday

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Henry Cavendish

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Solution

The correct option is B
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin is remembered in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. It was he who proposed the idea that charged particles have electrical influence in space around them which we call electric field.

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