alleryWho concluded in 1600 that the Earth is itself a magnet?
AMichael Faraday
BCharles Coulomb
CHeinrich Hertz
DWilliam Gilbert
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. William Gilbert
William Gilbert established in De Magnete that the Earth itself behaves as a magnet.
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