See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES AUGUSTIN See also:

• CHARLES AUGUSTIN COULOMB (1736-1806)

COULOMB (1736-1806)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French natural philosopher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ANGOULEME
• ANGOULEME, CHARLES DE VALOIS, DUKE OF (1573-1650)

Angouleme on the 14th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1736 . He See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose the profession of military engineer, spent three years, to the decided injury of his See also:

• HEALTH

health, at Fort See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon, See also:

• MARTINIQUE

Martinique, and was employed on his return at Rochelle, the Isle of See also:

• AIX

Aix and See also:

• CHERBOURG

Cherbourg . In 1781 he was stationed permanently at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, but on the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789 he resigned his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as See also:

• INTENDANT (from Lat. intendens, pres. part. of intendere, to apply the mind to, to watch over; cf. " superintendent ")

intendant See also:

• DES

des eaux et fontaines, and retired to a small See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate which he possessed at See also:

• BLOIS

Blois . He was recalled to Paris for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to take See also:

• PART

part in the new determination of weights and See also:

• MEASURES

measures, which had been decreed by the Revolutionary See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . Of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute he was one of the first members; and he was appointed inspector of public instruction in 1802 . But his health was already very feeble, and four years later he died at Paris on the 23rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 18o6 . See also:

• COULOMB, CHARLES AUGUSTIN (1736-1806)

Coulomb is distinguished in the See also:

• HISTORY

history alike of See also:

• MECHANICS

mechanics and of See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity and See also:

• MAGNETISM
• MAGNETISM, TERRESTRIAL

magnetism . In 1779 he published an important investigation of the See also:

• LAWS

laws of See also:

• FRICTION (from Lat. fricare, to rub)

friction (Theorie des See also:

• MACHINES

machines simples, en ayant regard an frottement de leurs parties et a la roideur des cordages) , which was followed twenty years later by a memoir on fluid resistance . In 1785 appeared his Recherches theoriques et experimentales sur la force de torsion et sur l'elasticitedes fils de See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, &c . This memoir contained a description of different forms of his torsion See also:

• BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

balance, an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument used by him with See also:

• GREAT

great success for the experimental investigation of the See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of electricity on surfaces and of the laws of See also:

• ELECTRICAL
• ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

electrical and magnetic See also:

• ACTION

action, of the mathematical theory of which he may also be regarded as the founder . The See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical unit of quantity of electricity, the coulomb, is named after him .