Coulomb, Charles-Augustin de
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806), a French physicist best known for the formulation of Coulomb's law, which states that the force between two electrical charges is proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The unit of charge, the coulomb, is named after him. Throughout much of his work, he performed experiments with a torsion balance (which he invented independently of Priestley), a measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire. Coulomb also undertook services for the French government in such varied fields as education and hospital reform.
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Tom Lawrence (Topic Editor) "Coulomb, Charles-Augustin de". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 11, 2008; Last revised Date June 11, 2008; Retrieved May 24, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Coulomb,_Charles-Augustin_de>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806), a French physicist best known for the formulation of Coulomb's law, which states that the force between two electrical charges is proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The unit of charge, the coulomb, is named after him. Throughout much of his work, he performed experiments with a torsion balance (which he invented independently of Priestley), a measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire. Coulomb also undertook services for the French government in such varied fields as education and hospital reform.
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