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Who published the first major classification of electric and non-electric materials?
Who published the first major classification of electric and non-electric materials?
- Dr. Benjamin Franklin
- Dr. Gilbert (correct)
- Colonel Charles Coulomb
- Sir Isaac Newton
Who performed an elaborate series of experiments to determine the force exerted between two objects with static charges?
Who performed an elaborate series of experiments to determine the force exerted between two objects with static charges?
- Sir Isaac Newton
- Dr. Benjamin Franklin
- Dr. Gilbert
- Colonel Charles Coulomb (correct)
What did Colonel Charles Coulomb develop a theory of?
What did Colonel Charles Coulomb develop a theory of?
- Theory of relativity
- Attraction and repulsion between bodies of the opposite and the same electrical charge (correct)
- Theory of general relativity
- Quantum mechanics
According to Coulomb, what is the force between two small objects separated in vacuum proportional to?
According to Coulomb, what is the force between two small objects separated in vacuum proportional to?
In Coulomb's law, what is the force between two objects inversely proportional to?
In Coulomb's law, what is the force between two objects inversely proportional to?