Multiple choice

Whose work on electric arcs lead to a Hughes Medal from the Royal Society?

  1. Agnes Pockels

  2. Rosalind Franklin

  3. Hertha Ayrton

  4. Ada Lovelace
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Explanation

Hertha Ayrton was a British engineer and physicist who made significant contributions to the study of electric arcs and sand ripples. She was the first woman to win the Hughes Medal.

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