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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Charles Augustin De Coulomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish-language site lets students discover the life and work of this physicist and engineer, who is known for his studies of electric charges.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1775 1799

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists take important steps toward a fuller understanding of electricity, as well as some fruitful missteps, including an elaborate but incorrect theory on animal magnetism that sets the stage for a groundbreaking invention.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Charles Augustin De Coulomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb invented a device, dubbed the torsion balance, that allowed him to measure very small charges and experimentally estimate the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged bodies. The data he obtained...
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Charles Augustin De Coulomb

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography about Charles Coulomb, known for developing Coulomb's law, the definition of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion.