Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in Eighteenth-Century France / / C. Stewart Gillmor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Gillmor, C. Stewart,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1972
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5070
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Tables --; One. Student and Engineer --; Two. Physicist and Public Servant --; Three. Coulomb and Eighteenth-Century Civil Engineering --; Four. Theories of Friction in the Eighteenth Century --; Five. Torsion Studies --; Six. Coulomb’s Work in Electricity and Magnetism --; Epilogue --; Appendices --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400886234; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400886234
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: C. Stewart Gillmor.

In a period of active scientific innovation and technological change, Charles Augustin Coulomb (1736-1806) made major contributions to the development of physics in the areas of torsion and electricity and magnetism; as one of the great engineering theorists, he produced fundamental studies in strength of materials, soil mechanics, structural design, and friction. Stewart Gillmor gives a full account of Coulomb's life and an assessment of his work in the first biography of this notable scientist.Originally published in 1972.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.