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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
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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.

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  1. Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (this page)June 14, 1736 – August 23, 1806
  2. Edward Waring1736 – August 15, 1798
  3. Jean Sylvain BaillySeptember 15, 1736 – November 12, 1793
  4. Johannes Nikolaus TetensSeptember 16, 1736 – August 1807
  5. Joseph-Louis LagrangeJanuary 25, 1736 – April 10, 1813
  6. Rudolf Erich RaspeMarch 1736 – November 1, 1794

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