Multiple choice

Who invented the lighting conductor?

  1. Issac Newton

  2. C.V.Raman

  3. Benjamin Franklin

  4. Charles Boyle
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Explanation

Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning conductor (lightning rod) in 1752 through his famous kite experiment, which demonstrated that lightning was electrical. Isaac Newton was a physicist, C.V. Raman was a Nobel laureate in physics, and Charles Boyle was a chemist - none invented the lightning conductor.

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