Electrical Engineering History Flashcards
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Who was Coulomb?
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806). Best known for developing Coulomb’s law, the definition of electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion.
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Who was Ampère?
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André-Marie Ampére (1775-1836) is generally regarded as one of the founders of classical electromagnetism.
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Who was Joule?
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James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) was an English physicist and brewer. He studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work.