To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Augustin Coulomb (1736-1806), to which reference was made in NATUBE of June 13, p. 976, Mr. S. B. Hamilton read to the Newcomen Society on December 16 a ...

ON June 14 the bicentenary occurs of the birth of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, the French military engineer and physicist, who is remembered for his work on friction, machines and electricity and ...

How does the letter Q stand for “charge” in electricity? The unit of measure for charge is the coulomb, named for the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736 – 1806), and the coulomb is ...

The British mathematician is widely regarded as one of the most influential thinkers of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. First published in 1687, his book, “Mathematical ...