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Who introduced the names positive and negative for the two kinds of charge?
ACharles Coulomb
BBenjamin Franklin
CMichael Faraday
DAlessandro Volta
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Benjamin Franklin
The American scientist Benjamin Franklin gave the two kinds of charge the labels positive and negative.
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