Cou·lomb  (kōō'lŏm', -lōm', kōō-lŏm', -lôɴ')  French physicist who pioneered research into magnetism and electricity and formulated Coulomb's law. |
| Coulomb, Charles Augustin de 1736-1806.
French physicist who was a pioneer in the study of magnetism and electricity. He is best known for the formulation of Coulomb's law, which he developed as a result of his investigations of Joseph Priestley's work on electrical repulsion. Coulomb also established a law governing the attraction and repulsion of magnetic poles. The coulomb unit of electric charge is named for him. |