Died 1806-08-23.
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb was a French officer, engineer, and physicist. He is best known as the eponymous discoverer of what is now called Coulomb's law, the description of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion. He also did important work on friction, and his work on earth pressure formed the basis for the later development of much of the science of soil mechanics.
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Born 14 June 1736 · Died 23 August 1806 · Q81716
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1806· 2 entries
“On graduating from the school, a studious young man who would withstand the tedium and monotony of his duties has no choice but to lose himself in some branch of science or literature completely irrelevant to his assignment.”
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1801· 1 entry
Career landmark: president of the French Academy of Sciences (1801–1801).
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1788· 1 entry
“Continuation of research into the distribution of the electric fluid between several conductors. Determination of electric density at different points on the surface of these bodies.”
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1787· 1 entry
“On the manner in which the electric fluid divides itself between conducting objects brought into contact and the distribution of this fluid on the different parts of the surface of this object.”
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1786· 1 entry
“Where two principal properties of the electric fluid are demonstrated: first, that this fluid does not expand into any object according to a chemical affinity or by an elective attraction, but that it divides itself between different objects brought into contact; second, that in conducting objects, the fluid, having achieved a state of stability, expands on the surface of the body and does not penetrate into the interior.”
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1761· 1 entry
Studied at École royale du génie de Mézières (1760–1761).
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1736· 1 entry
Born 1736-06-14.
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