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Joseph Henry is credited in the text with discovering:
AMagnetic flux
BElectric field
COhm resistance
DSelf induction
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Self induction
1. Henry worked on induction independently of Faraday.
2. His particular discovery was about a coil acting on itself.
3. He discovered self-induction.
4. So the answer is self induction.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Physics, Ch 6 'Electromagnetic Induction'_
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