Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb was an 18th-century French physicist and engineer best known for his pioneering work on electrostatics and the formulation of the inverse-square law of electric force.
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| Charles-Augustin de Coulomb canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb Context triple: [Coulomb's law, namedAfter, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb]
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André-Marie Ampère
André-Marie Ampère was a pioneering French physicist and mathematician whose work in electromagnetism led to the naming of the unit of electric current, the ampere, in his honor.
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Jean-Jacques Ampère
Jean-Jacques Ampère was a 19th-century French philologist, historian, and literary critic known for his studies of Scandinavian and Germanic literature and his contributions to the history of French literature.
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Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish was an 18th-century British natural philosopher and chemist best known for discovering hydrogen and precisely measuring the density of the Earth.
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D.
Georg Ohm
Georg Ohm was a German physicist and mathematician best known for formulating Ohm’s law, which defines the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in electrical circuits.
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E.
Ewald von Kleist
Ewald von Kleist was a German field marshal who commanded panzer and army groups for the Wehrmacht during World War II, particularly on the Eastern Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb Target entity description: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb was an 18th-century French physicist and engineer best known for his pioneering work on electrostatics and the formulation of the inverse-square law of electric force.
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A.
André-Marie Ampère
André-Marie Ampère was a pioneering French physicist and mathematician whose work in electromagnetism led to the naming of the unit of electric current, the ampere, in his honor.
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B.
Jean-Jacques Ampère
Jean-Jacques Ampère was a 19th-century French philologist, historian, and literary critic known for his studies of Scandinavian and Germanic literature and his contributions to the history of French literature.
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C.
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish was an 18th-century British natural philosopher and chemist best known for discovering hydrogen and precisely measuring the density of the Earth.
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D.
Georg Ohm
Georg Ohm was a German physicist and mathematician best known for formulating Ohm’s law, which defines the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in electrical circuits.
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E.
Ewald von Kleist
Ewald von Kleist was a German field marshal who commanded panzer and army groups for the Wehrmacht during World War II, particularly on the Eastern Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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human ⓘ military engineer ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Panthéon, Paris
NERFINISHED
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Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1736-06-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1806-08-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collège des Quatre-Nations
NERFINISHED
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École du Génie de Mézières NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Corps of Engineers (France)
NERFINISHED
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French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
18th century
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Age of Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Coulomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electrostatics
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engineering ⓘ magnetism ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles-Augustin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | classical electromagnetism ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of electrostatics
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later work of André-Marie Ampère ⓘ later work of Michael Faraday ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Coulomb's law
NERFINISHED
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inverse-square law of electrostatic force ⓘ theory of magnetism ⓘ torsion balance experiments ⓘ work on friction ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
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surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
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| namesakeOf |
Coulomb (unit of electric charge)
NERFINISHED
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coulomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mémoires sur l’électricité et le magnétisme
NERFINISHED
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Recherches théoriques et expérimentales sur la force de torsion NERFINISHED ⓘ Théorie des machines simples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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military engineer ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Angoulême
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
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Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Brest
NERFINISHED
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Cherbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Martinique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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