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Infrared radiation was discovered in 1800 by

A

William Wollaston

B

William Herschel

C

Wilhelm Roentgen

D

Thomas Young.

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Infrared radiations were discovered in 1800 by William Herschel, a British musician and astronomer, when he observed that a thermometer placed just outside the visible spectrum of sunlight shows a greater increase in temperature than one placed in red region.
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