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Regular Twists: Replicating Coulomb’s Wire-Torsion Experiments

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I discuss our replication of the wire-torsion experiments that Charles Augustin Coulomb (1736–1806) reported in a session of the Paris Académie des Sciences in 1784. I first explain the nature and purpose of the replication method and then apply it to an analysis of Coulomb’s experiments. I conclude by placing Coulomb’s presentation of his memoir into its specific historical contest.

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  1. Geschichte und Didaktik der Physik, Institut für Physik, Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität, D-26111, Oldenburg, Germany

    Peter Heering

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Heering, P. Regular Twists: Replicating Coulomb’s Wire-Torsion Experiments. Phys. perspect. 8, 52–63 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-005-0262-2

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