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Languages
French
Spouse
Louise Françoise LeProust Desormeaux (1802)
Education
Collège des Quatre-Nations, École royale du génie de Mézières
Zodiac Sign
♊ Gemini
Chinese Zodiac
龙 Dragon
Name Origin
English < Proto-Germanic (*karilaz)
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb: French physicist (1736-1806).
Born in Angoulême (died at age 70).
Studied at Collège des Quatre-Nations.
The name Charles means german for Karl meaning (free) man or a derivation from the name hari meaning warrior.
Biography
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. He also did important work on friction, and his work on earth pressure formed the basis for the later development of much of the science of soil mechanics.
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