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  • C. Stewart Gillmor
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Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in Eighteenth-Century France
This chapter is in the book Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in Eighteenth-Century France
© 2017 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2017 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Contents xi
  4. Illustrations xv
  5. Tables xvii
  6. One. Student and Engineer 1
  7. Two. Physicist and Public Servant 42
  8. Three. Coulomb and Eighteenth-Century Civil Engineering 80
  9. Four. Theories of Friction in the Eighteenth Century 118
  10. Five. Torsion Studies 139
  11. Six. Coulomb’s Work in Electricity and Magnetism 175
  12. Epilogue 222
  13. Appendices 231
  14. Notes 263
  15. Bibliography 297
  16. Index 317
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400886234-001

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Contents xi
  4. Illustrations xv
  5. Tables xvii
  6. One. Student and Engineer 1
  7. Two. Physicist and Public Servant 42
  8. Three. Coulomb and Eighteenth-Century Civil Engineering 80
  9. Four. Theories of Friction in the Eighteenth Century 118
  10. Five. Torsion Studies 139
  11. Six. Coulomb’s Work in Electricity and Magnetism 175
  12. Epilogue 222
  13. Appendices 231
  14. Notes 263
  15. Bibliography 297
  16. Index 317
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