biography
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Coulomb, Charles (Augustin de)
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pronunciation:
[koolõ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1736–1806)
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| biography:
| Physicist, born in Angoulême, W France. After serving as a military engineer for nine years, he retired to a small estate and devoted himself to scientific research. He experimented on friction, and invented the torsion balance for measuring the force of magnetic and electrical attraction. The coulomb, the unit of electrical charge, is named after him. |
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